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

1735: 'Who gives his own goods shall receive it back tenfold'

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1725-1849: Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures > 1725-1774: The Clergyman is Tricked > 1735: 'Who gives his own goods shall receive it back tenfold'

Description

The parson preaches from this text, and a peasant tests it by giving the parson a cow, which brings all the parson's cows back home with her [K366.1.1]. A quarrelarises over the cows and it is agreed that the man who can say »good morning» to the…

Variants

1735A. The Bribed Boy Sings the Wrong Song

The sexton steals the priest's cow. The next day the sexton's son sings, »My father stole the priest's cow.» The priest pays the boy to sing in church. But the sexton teaches the boy a new song, »The priest has lain with my mother» and this is…

1735B. The Recovered Coin

Man retrieves his coin from offering box with a thread. Curé says »May God repay you!» - »It has returned already».

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
De Belegering van Constantinopolen 1735 Netherlands 1789 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
God Gives a Hundred for One 1735 Mexican Internet Archive
Man that stole the Parson's Sheep 1735 British Internet Archive
Man that stole the Parson't Sheep 1735 English Internet Archive
Pastoors Verken 1735A Netherlands 1890 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
The Priest ' s Pig 1735 French Internet Archive
Wee Boy and the Minister Grey 1735 British Internet Archive
Wrong Song 1735 German Internet Archive

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