Beschrijving
The stingy parson does not want to give anyone a part of his pig, which he has just slaughtered. The sexton advises him to hang the pig up in the garden overnight so as to make everyone think it has been stolen. The sexton steals it himself. [K343.2.1]. Cf. Type 1831.
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 790
Coffin 1
Taylor MPh XV 226. - Literary Treatment: A. C. Lee Decameron 257-258.