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

1736: The stingy parson

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1725-1849: Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures > 1725-1774: The Clergyman is Tricked > 1736: The stingy parson

Description

The boys do no mowing the whole day. »May the grass grow up again! May the gold in the purse turn to wasps!» A parson is known for being unusually stingy. He sends his boys to the meadow to mow, and they do nothing. On the way home one of them…

Variants

1736A. Sword Turns to Wood

Man to be executed is said to be guilty unless his sword turns to wood. This happens and he is freed. (He has substituted a wooden sword.)

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
3.13. 1736 Netherlands 1893 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Blessed Be God Day by Day 1736A Israeli Internet Archive
King Matyas and the Hussars 1736A Hungarian Internet Archive
Koning Frits en de houten sabel van de soldaat 1736A Netherlands 1964 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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