Beschrijving
The Big Freeze. This miscellaneous type comprises various tall tales dealing with a big freeze.
Examples:
(1) In very cold weather, when pots full of boiling water freeze, a woman goes out to urinate. While relieving herself she freezes to the ground. Her husband has to fetch a pair of blacksmith’s shears to cut her free.
(2) It is so cold, that a man freezes to his saddle. He must be thawed out beside a stove [X1606.2.1].
(3) It is so cold, that the urine of a man, who goes outside to relieve himself, freezes in an arc.
(4) A man puts a pot with hot milk (chocolate) on ice. The milk freezes so fast that the ice is still warm [X1623, X1115.1] Cf. Types 1889F, 1891, 1927, and 1968.
Examples:
(1) In very cold weather, when pots full of boiling water freeze, a woman goes out to urinate. While relieving herself she freezes to the ground. Her husband has to fetch a pair of blacksmith’s shears to cut her free.
(2) It is so cold, that a man freezes to his saddle. He must be thawed out beside a stove [X1606.2.1].
(3) It is so cold, that the urine of a man, who goes outside to relieve himself, freezes in an arc.
(4) A man puts a pot with hot milk (chocolate) on ice. The milk freezes so fast that the ice is still warm [X1623, X1115.1] Cf. Types 1889F, 1891, 1927, and 1968.
Motief
X1606.2.1
X1623
X1115.1
Commentaar
Popular Münchhausen tale (Münchhausen/Bürger, ch. 2). Early literary versions (1, 3) in Europe, see Philippe le Picard (nos. 18, 24).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1967
Subgenre
mop