Beschrijving
The Quarrelsome Couple. (Including the previous Types 1365D*–1365K*.) This miscellaneous type comprises various tales dealing with married couples who quarrel about some minor problem, such as which of them should have the third of three eggs (previously Type 1365D*), whose is the hair that is in the soup (previously Type 1365E*), or whether the holes in the floor were made by rats or by mink (previously Type 1365G*).
Or, the husband always asks the wife for the opposite of what he wants (previously Type 1365J*). Sometimes they argue about the kinds and sizes of birds (previously Type 1365H*) or other trivialities, and the wife lets herself be buried alive rather than give in (previously Type 1365F*).
In some variants the husband is so stubborn that he lets himself be buried rather than give in to his wife.
Or, the husband always asks the wife for the opposite of what he wants (previously Type 1365J*). Sometimes they argue about the kinds and sizes of birds (previously Type 1365H*) or other trivialities, and the wife lets herself be buried alive rather than give in (previously Type 1365F*).
In some variants the husband is so stubborn that he lets himself be buried rather than give in to his wife.
Motief
T255.3
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1365E
Subgenre
mop