Beschrijving
“The Barn is Burning!” A master has instructed his farmhand (a traveler) to use peculiar names for everything, for example, Purity for the cat, Beauty for the fire, High for the roof (and punishes the farmhand when he does not).
The farmhand plans revenge and ties a bundle of straw, which he lights, to the cat’s tail. When the burning cat sets the barn roof on fire, the farmhand uses the special words to tell his master. The fire burns out of control before the master understands the complicated message [J1269.12]. Cf. Type 1940.
The farmhand plans revenge and ties a bundle of straw, which he lights, to the cat’s tail. When the burning cat sets the barn roof on fire, the farmhand uses the special words to tell his master. The fire burns out of control before the master understands the complicated message [J1269.12]. Cf. Type 1940.
Motief
J1269.12
Commentaar
Documented in the late 15th century.
Combinaties
1562, 1562B, 1696, 1699, and 1940.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1562A
Subgenre
mop