"The Seven Swabians" is a Brothers Grimm story that apparently was the 19th Century equivalent of a "blond joke" -- but aimed at residents of a particular area of Southern Germany who were looked down upon as yokels by northerners. It concerns seven men from Swabia who seek out adventures sharing a large spear as their only weapon. Their biggest battle, before they mistakenly jump into a deep river and all drown, was with a rabbit that they somehow mistook for a dragon.