Beschrijving
Riding on the Cannonball (previously The Boy has a Hat of Butter). A man (soldier) who wants to enter a fortress jumps onto a cannonball that has been shot from a cannon. Half way there, he reconsiders his plan and decides not to go after all. He jumps onto another cannonball that has been shot in the other direction and rides it back home [X1852, X1853]. Cf. Type 1889J.
Motief
X1852
X1853
Commentaar
Popular Münchhausen tale (Münchhausen/Bürger, ch. 4).
Combinaties
707, 1875.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1880
Subgenre
mop