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

1560: Make-believe eating; make-believe work

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1560: Make-believe eating; make-believe work

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At the table the peasant says, »We will only act as if we were eating.» At work the servant: »We will only act as if we were working.» [J1511.1].

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