Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

1291: Sending One Cheese After Another

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1200-1349: Stories about a Fool > 1291: Sending One Cheese After Another

Description

One cheese falls and rolls down the hill. She sends the second to bring back the first. [J1881.1.2].

Variants

1291B. A Fool Greases the Cracked Earth with Butter

Numskull sees cracks in the ground and feels so sorry for them that he greases them with the butter he is taking home. [J1871]. Cf. Type 1386.

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Foolish John and the Errands 1291B United States Internet Archive
Freddy and Katy Lizzy 1291 German Internet Archive
Ivanushko the Little Fool 1291A Russian Internet Archive
The Wise Men of Gotham 1291 English Internet Archive
Wise Men of Gotham: Of sending cheese 1291 British Internet Archive

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