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

1628: The learned son and the forgotten language

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1628: The learned son and the forgotten language

Description

Having left the seminary, a son speaks only Latin, pretending to have forgotten his own language. When a rake strikes him in the forehead, he screams in his own tongue »Devilish rake!» [J1511.11]. Cf. Type 1641 C.

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Rich Man's Two Sons	1628*	British			Internet Archive
Rich Man's Two Sons	1628*	English			Internet Archive

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