Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
1381: The talkative wife and the discovered treasure
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The wood-cock in the fish-net and the fish in the bird-trap. The woman under the bath tub (for fear of rumored war). The woman is considered mad and the man can keep his treasure. The husband has foolishly told his talkative wife of discovered…
Variants
1381A. Husband Discredited by Absurd Truth
Wife puts fish in furrow where hus-band plows them up (or like absurdity).AT mealtime the husband says, »Where are the fish?» - »What fish?» - »Those I plowed up.» He is laughed to scorn. [J1151.1.2].
1381D. The Wife Multiplies the Secret
To prove that a woman cannot keep a secret the man tells his wife that a crow has flown out of his belly (or that he has laid an egg). She tells her neighbor that two crows have flown. Soon he hears from his neighbors that there were fifty crows.…
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