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- A jovial village priest meets the buck: Péter, and while quietly drinking, they become kissing buddies in the strict sense of the word. The members of the company exchange their clothes, taking advantage of the ecstatic state of the two intoxicated, rambunctious buddies. After sobering up, the actual fun follows, of course, a whole series of various crooked situations. Then, when the last drop of alcohol has evaporated from both of their heads, they see Péter inside the barred door of the cell, and the priest kneeling on a stool, fervently praying for penance.
- An older man wants to propose to a young woman. However, her family decides to form a plot so that she won't get engaged.
- Benjámin is the son of a small village tycoon who, after much suffering, has acquired great wealth and prestige.
- Mr. Stout searches for some lucrative employment. His attention is drawn to an advertisement for agents to represent a society for the protection of dumb animals. He applies for a position, and receives an appointment. He comes upon two men quarreling, and attempts to separate them. The result is rather surprising to Mr. Stout. Undeterred by failure, he goes on his way, and enters a poulterer's shop, where he finds the proprietor wringing the necks of of fowls. Mr. Stout at once stops the proceedings. The astonished proprietor kicks Mr. Stout into the street. In turn he releases a youngster's canary from its cage, takes a donkey out of a cart loaded with furniture, causing the cart to upset and smash the furniture, and other similar actions, which bring disaster upon the luckless Mr. Stout. [Can't obtain rest].
- Jack and Stephen are two fishermen, who both love the daughter of the fishmaster, Sam. Sam tells them that the one who brings in the most fish next day will win his daughter's hand. Mary, who loves Stephen, determines determines to go to the river herself, and what she catches she will place in Stephen's basket. Jack fails to catch anything, while Stephen has great luck. Stephen, being good natured, exchanges boats with his rival, but with no better luck for Jack, who rushes upon him and hurls him into the river, and strikes him on the head with an oar. Stephen comes to the surface a good way from the boats, and Jack imagines that he has got rid of his rival for good. After a very fine swim, Stephen reaches the shore, and arrives at the fishmaster's house before his rival. Mary cannot understand why he has not brought any fish back with him. He is too chivalrous to say anything about the quarrel. Jack returns, and is staggered when he sees Stephen talking to Mary. Anyhow, he knows that Stephen has no fish, and with great swagger he shows his catch to the father. When it is Stephen's turn to show his, Mary quickly shows the fish she was lucky enough to catch, but Stephen denies that he caught them. The two men again quarrel, and the true story comes out. Sam will have nothing more to do with Jack, who departs vowing vengeance, while Stephen and Mary are made happy by the consent of her father.
- Job, the rabbi lives in seclusion with his daughter after he lost two sons and his wife. His favorite disciple would like to marry his daughter. One day, actors come in the town, and the girl escapes with the theatrical group. Job frantically runs after the girl, but to no avail. The rabbi is now completely alone, everyone has left. Only Lord, Jehova will never leave him.
- Uncle, hard up, dresses as a nurse and secures a job. A fireman becomes enamored of "her," and wishes to take "her" to a ball. The nurse searches her mistresses's wardrobe for a suitable dress, but is caught in the act.
- A man from Hortobágy falls in love with Mariská, the daughter of István Lencsés Nagy. He asks for her hand in marriage, but the girl's father curtly throws the poor young man out of his house. The lad meets Solomon the horseman, and they enter the inn. They drink together, and the old man tries to comfort the distraught young man. The wine drinking is soon accompanied by cheerful music, because the gypsy also appears. During the fun, Solomon falls asleep, and the gypsy eats his stuffed bagel. As soon as he wakes up, he immediately notices that it has been stolen, and he suspects the man that is just leaving. The indignant lad chases him on his horse and soon bites the real culprit on the neck. Solomon gets his money back, and the gypsy left on the hook seeks revenge. The man escapes the attentions of his parents in the turmoil of the Debrecen fair. They visit the bachelor's parents' house, but the old parents do not want to take in the "runaway" daughter-in-law, and Mariska is sent back to her parents. Meanwhile, the Lencsés are chasing the man with gendarmes, and with the help of the gypsy they manage to catch him. The sad young man doesn't even defend himself, and the gendarmes take him, tied up, to Marika's parents. However, it then turns out that Solomon has offered the man a whole fortune as a sign of his gratitude, and so the Lencsés are already happy to give their daughter to the steadfast suitor.