Beschrijving
Milking a Hen. This miscellaneous type includes tales in which a fool misunderstands the nature of domestic animals. For example, an (old) woman tries to milk a hen, or she insults (slays) it because it does not suckle its chicks.
In some variants a numskull tries to milk an ox, to put a cow (hog) on a chicken ladder, to feed a tree trunk to a kid with; or he washes and wrings out a cat so that it dies [J1900]. Cf. Type 1284*.
In some variants a numskull tries to milk an ox, to put a cow (hog) on a chicken ladder, to feed a tree trunk to a kid with; or he washes and wrings out a cat so that it dies [J1900]. Cf. Type 1284*.
Motief
J1900
Combinaties
1210, 1245, 1384, 1540, and 1541.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1204**
Subgenre
mop