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

1688: The Servant to Improve on the Master's Statements

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1675-1724: The Stupid Man > 1688: The Servant to Improve on the Master's Statements

Description

The wooer makes boasts to the girl and the servant always doubles the master's boast. Finally the master says, »I have poor eyesight.» - The servant, »You don't see at all.» (Or the master coughs and apologizes; the servant says that he coughs…

Variants

1688B. Two match-makers

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	1688	Netherlands		1554	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1688	Netherlands		1651	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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