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

1948: Too much talk

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1875-1999: Tall Tales > 1948: Too much talk

Description

Three men vowed to silence go to a glen away from the world. At the end of seven years one speaks: I heard a cow lowing. Others are angry but silent. At the end of seven years more, second one says: 'Twas not a cow but a bull! The third is very angry…

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Ik hâld net fan spul	1948	Netherlands		1978	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Van reuzen en dwergen: De reuzenkuil te Echt	1948	Netherlands		1925	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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