Beschrijving
The Clergyman and the Sexton Steal a Hog. A clergyman steals a hog, kills it, hides it in his boat, and rows away. When his followers ask him if he has seen a hog thief, he denies it. He takes the hog home where he shows it to the sexton, who thereupon wants to steal a hog as well.
In the night, they plan to light the hog’s head with tinder, in order to kill the animal. But when in the darkness the clergyman puts the burning tinder for a moment on his own knee, the sexton thinks it is the hog’s head, and he cuts his companion´s knee with his axe. The cries of pain awaken the inhabitants of the house, and the two thieves are caught.
In the night, they plan to light the hog’s head with tinder, in order to kill the animal. But when in the darkness the clergyman puts the burning tinder for a moment on his own knee, the sexton thinks it is the hog’s head, and he cuts his companion´s knee with his axe. The cries of pain awaken the inhabitants of the house, and the two thieves are caught.
Motief
K343.2.1
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1792B
Subgenre
mop