Beschrijving
The Singing Bag. A Gypsy (old man) puts the niece of an old washerwoman (only daughter of an old couple) into a bag and carries her off. The Gypsy goes begging from door to door and exhibits his “singing bag”: He gives the bag a pinch, threatens to beat it with his stick, and orders it to sing. Thereupon the girl in the bag starts singing her tale: I left my rosary on a stone by the river when I was washing. When I wanted to get it, a Gypsy put me in his bag and carried me off. (I am the only daughter of an old couple. An old man carried me off when I was gathering berries in the forest.)
One day the Gypsy arrives at the old washerwoman’s house. The woman recognizes her niece, invites the Gypsy into his house, and entertains him until he gets drunk. When he is sleeping, she rescues the girl from the bag and, in her place, puts two cats (horse-dung). When the Gypsy exhibits his singing bag the next time, the cats mew. The Gypsy opens the bag and is scratched or bitten [K526].
One day the Gypsy arrives at the old washerwoman’s house. The woman recognizes her niece, invites the Gypsy into his house, and entertains him until he gets drunk. When he is sleeping, she rescues the girl from the bag and, in her place, puts two cats (horse-dung). When the Gypsy exhibits his singing bag the next time, the cats mew. The Gypsy opens the bag and is scratched or bitten [K526].
Motief
K526
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
311B*
Subgenre
sprookje