Beschrijving
Foolish bargains. He trades his horse for a cow, the cow for a hog, the latter for a goose, until finally he has nothing left [J2081.1]. Wins the wager when his wife does not get angry [N11].
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*BP II 199 (Grimm No. 83)
*R. Th. Christiansen Beal III 107ff.
*Hdwb. d. Marchens 1187 n. 131
Coffin 2.