Beschrijving
The Sexton Carries the Clergyman. (Including the previous Type 1525F.) Two thieves (farmhands, apprentices) decide that one of them will steal cabbage (nuts) while the other steals a sheep (pig, horses). They plan to meet in the graveyard (tomb) at night to divide their booty. The man who took the cabbage arrives first and begins to divide: “One for me, one for you.” The sexton hears this and thinks it is a ghost (the devil, the Last Judgment).
He brings the clergyman to come and hear this for himself. The clergyman is lame (suffers from rheumatism), so the sexton has to carry him on his back. The cabbage-thief thinks this must be his confederate with the sheep, and calls out, “Throw it here so we can slaughter it.” The sexton, terrified, drops his burden and runs away, but is overtaken by the clergyman who is so frightened that he forgot about his injury [X424].
He brings the clergyman to come and hear this for himself. The clergyman is lame (suffers from rheumatism), so the sexton has to carry him on his back. The cabbage-thief thinks this must be his confederate with the sheep, and calls out, “Throw it here so we can slaughter it.” The sexton, terrified, drops his burden and runs away, but is overtaken by the clergyman who is so frightened that he forgot about his injury [X424].
Motief
X424
Commentaar
Documented ca. 1300 in the Alphabetum narrationum (No. 333).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1791
Subgenre
mop