Beschrijving
Why Hair of Head is Gray before the Beard. A man (clergyman, barber) answers the question why the hair of his head is grey (white) and the hair of his beard is black, “The hair of the head is twenty years older than the beard.” [H771].
Motief
H771
Commentaar
Literary treatments in European jestbooks since the 16th century.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
921C
Subgenre
sprookje