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- Old Woman Substitute.

Old Woman Substitute. A man (priest) pays to be permitted to spend the night beside a young woman. She acts bashful and nervous, so he agrees to come in the dark. The next morning, he finds beside him an ugly old woman (wooden figure, heap of excrements) [K1223, K1843.3]. Cf. Type 1379.

K1223

K1843.3

Early literary treatment, see Boccaccio, Decamerone (VIII,4).

1379.

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