The parson: - »He was in the willow grove looking for a stick to beat those who ask foollsh questions». [X435.3]. (Variant: What does God do? Cf. Types 922, 1738A).
The parson preaches from this text, and a peasant tests it by giving the parson a cow, which brings all the parson's cows back home with her [K366.1.1]. A quarrelarises over the cows and it is agreed that the man who can say »good morning» to the…
I. (a) Een dominee preekt dat wie eenmaal geeft, zeven-, (a1) acht-, (a2) tienmaal, (a3) dubbel, terug zal krijgen, (a4) 2 heeft er een moet geven. (a2) Een boer, (b1) arbeider, (b2) de koster, (b3) een kleermaker, (b4) schoenmaker, (b4) man, geeft…
The gardener asks the plant why it doesn't grow (blossom). »Because the cow eats me.» Cow complains that the herdboy doesn't take it to the river. The boy complains that the cook doesn't feed him, etc.
(a) Twee mannen, (a1) een chauffeur, vervoeren (vervoert) in hun (zijn) auto een aantal kippen en een papegaai. (b) Zij nemen (hij neemt) een liftster, (b1) liftsters, mee, maar zetten (zet) haar (ze) er weer uit als ze niet op toenaderingspogingen…
vraagt een dominee in zijn preek over de Emmausgangers. Een oude vrouw, die net binnenkomt en op weg naar de kerk met 3 mannen gesproken heeft, antwoordt: "Dat waren 3 slagersknechten uit Leeuwarden."
(a) Een dominee, (a1) pastoor, (a2) meester, (b) vraagt een vrouw, (b1) man, (b2) kleermaker, (b3) jongen, (c) op catechesatie, (c1) school, (c2) die koster, (c3) voorzanger, worden wil: (d) "Wie was de vader van de zonen van Noach, (d1) Zebedeus,…
(a) Een stotterende apothekers-, (a1) boerenknecht, (b) probeert tevergeefs zijn werkgever mee te delen dat het laboratorium in brand staat, (b1) hij met paard en wagen in de sloot geraakt is. (c) Deze draagt hem op de boodschap dan maar te zingen,…
(Bij Sinninghe: SINAT 0942*, Die vermeintlichen Geister (Teufel) betrogen) (Ein Mann sitzt auf der Schulter eines anderen; beide sind in ein weisses Tuch gehüllt. 'Zwei Weisse mit einem Schwarzen darauf, hab ich noch nie gesehen.") Bij VDK:…
“Abraham, What Do You Have on Your Breast?” A man named Abraham (Joseph), on his way to church, steals a ham (pair of ducks) and hides it under his jacket. In his sermon, the clergyman asks rhetorically what Abraham has on his breast (repeats…
“All Stick Together”. A melancholy princess is promised in marriage to whoever can make her laugh [F591, H341, H1194, T68]. The youngest (most stupid) of three brothers (poor shepherd, son of a farmer or craftsman) receives a magic object (golden…
“Both?” A farmhand (often an ill-treated one) is sent by the farmer into the house to get something. He tells the wife that he has been ordered to sleep with her and/or her daughter(s). They are shocked and call out to the farmer something like,…
“Come Here, Lean!” Three girls find three coins and use them to buy three pigs, named Lean, Fat, and Tail. They call their pigs: “Come here, Lean!” – “I can’t, I am too lean.” – “Come here, Fat!” – “I can’t, I am too fat.” – “Come here ...” to the…
“Do Not Postpone till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today.” A farmer asks a seemingly-clever lawyer if he can buy some “good advice” (“intelligence”). The lawyer writes something on a piece of paper, puts it into an envelope, and gives it to the farmer.…
“Don’t Contradict Me!” (Previously No Forced Gift). (Including the previous Type 1572D*.) A guest refuses something that his host has offered. Snapping, “Don’t contradict me!”, the host beats him. The guest replies, “Don’t tell me what to do!”, and…
“Easy Come, Easy Go!” A musician and his little house are carried off by an inundation of the sea. He fiddles the whole time [W25]. Or, the owner of an easily-acquired possession that is borne away by water is not sorry but rather says, “As it came…
“Everything!” A miserly man marries a woman who pretends to eat nothing. When her husband is away, she eats three chickens (two ducks, a huge meal). When he returns the husband learns how much she ate and becomes sick from anger. On his death bed, he…
“Find the Treasure in our Vineyard!” (previously Father’s Counsel: Where Treasure Is). A poor dying farmer tells his sons that he has hidden a treasure in his vineyard (field, ground). After his death his children dig everywhere and thus loosen the…