Beschrijving
Pumpkin Sold as an Donkey’s Egg [J1772.1]. A numskull (numskulls) finds (buys) an unknown fruit (pumpkin, melon, etc.). He mistakes it for the egg of a donkey (mare, camel, etc.). When the fool tries to bring the “egg” home it falls down and scares a hidden hare (rabbit, fox, mouse). The fool thinks the fugitive is a young animal hatched from the egg. He pursues it or tries to attract it. Cf. Types 1218, 1739, and 1750.
Motief
J1772.1
Combinaties
This type is often combined with one or more other types, esp. of 1241, 1250, 1281, and 1288.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1319
Subgenre
mop