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

1553: An Ox for Five Pennies

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1553: An Ox for Five Pennies

Description

A woman who has been left the ox on condition that she give the proceeds to the poor offers it for five pennies, but it must be bought along with a cock at twelve florins. She gives the five pennies to the poor and keeps the twelve florins. [K182].

Variants

1553A. The sailor's promise

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Without Title	1553	Netherlands	1967	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1553	Netherlands	1979	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1553	Netherlands	1973	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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