Het is niet mijn broer, maar wel de zoon van je vader? Antwoord: dat ben ik zelf. Hierop zijn ook ingewikkelder varianten gemaakt, waarin iemand de mop eer foutief begint door te vertellen.
'Dwaallichten' zijn rondzwevende lichtjes die ook wel stalkaarsen, droglichtjes, weerlichten, of stallichten genoemd worden. Vooral grote donkere heidevlakten waren de ideale plek om dwaallichtjes tegen te komen.
Cf. 1586, 163A* (a) A fool sees a fly light on his mother's (companion's) head and hits it with an axe, etc., killing his mother [J1833.1, N333.1]. (b) When a grasshopper (fly) lights on a hunter's shoulder, his companion shoots it, killing the…
Consulting an attorney, a peasant promises a rabbit as payment. His defense for non-payment: has directed the rabbit to go to his attorney's house, but was mistaken in the address. [Cf. J1881.2.2].
(Patelin says »Baa»!) The man sells the same oxen to several people. On the advice of the judge (lawyer) he feigns insanity when brought to court. When his fee is demanded he still feigns insanity. [K1655].
The tricky inn-keeper praises the forest guards before the baron in exactly the reverse of their merit, so that the pursuer of the thief of wood loses his place and the other, who permits the wood to be stolen, receives a reward. [K2136].
A man is to set across a stream, in a boat that will hold himself and only one other object, a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must do this so that the wolf doesn't eat the goat, nor the goat the cabbage. Two solutions: (1) (a) take goat over, (b)…
A thirsty man stops at a house and asks for water. He is offered water in a cup. After he drinks the water, he asks the boy if his mother will care if he drinks more. The boy answers no, because there is a dead rat or worms in the water. The man…
He gives the woman a knife to cut him a slice of white bread. He gets the whole loaf when he says that he has just cut a dog with the same knife. [K344.1].
The blind beggar steals 100 marks from the man. The latter steals into the blind man's house and overhears that he has 1000 marks hidden and steals them [N455.1]. Cf. Types 1341, 1525P*.