Beschrijving
“Everything!” A miserly man marries a woman who pretends to eat nothing. When her husband is away, she eats three chickens (two ducks, a huge meal). When he returns the husband learns how much she ate and becomes sick from anger.
On his death bed, he can say only, “My wife, all three (two, everything) ...” The wife (other relatives) hears only “three” (“two”, “everything”) and thinks that he is bequeathing her three things (properties, everything he owns) [cf. J1521.2, K1155].
In Swedish variants a miserly man (woman) becomes sick and sees that the maidservant takes too much to eat. The sick person wants to say that she had taken away everything from him, but can only produce the word, “Everything,” and this is understood to be his final will.
On his death bed, he can say only, “My wife, all three (two, everything) ...” The wife (other relatives) hears only “three” (“two”, “everything”) and thinks that he is bequeathing her three things (properties, everything he owns) [cf. J1521.2, K1155].
In Swedish variants a miserly man (woman) becomes sick and sees that the maidservant takes too much to eat. The sick person wants to say that she had taken away everything from him, but can only produce the word, “Everything,” and this is understood to be his final will.
Motief
J1521.2
K1155
Combinaties
1458.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1407A
Subgenre
mop