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

1611: Contest in Climbing the Mast

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1611: Contest in Climbing the Mast

Description

The boy falls from the mast and lodges in the rigging: »You do the same thing!» The sailors are persuaded that he is an expert sailor. [K1762].

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Do that if You Can 1611 British Internet Archive

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