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J1561 Inhospitality repaid
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- Clothes thrown into the cooking food. A trickster when told that food cooking is clothes being boiled retaliates by throwing his dirty hose into the pot · J1561.1 entry
- Inhospitable host punished for hospitality. An abbot has his innkeeper treat his guests with the most shameful neglect. A guest retaliates by telling the abbot that he has been very sumptuously entertained. The innkeeper is discharged · J1561.2 entry
- Welcome to the clothes. A man at a banquet is neglected because of his poor clothes. He changes clothes, returns, and is honored. "Feed my clothes," he says, "for it is they that are welcomed." · J1561.3 entry
- Servant repays stingy master (mistress) · J1561.4 entry
- Father causes inhospitable daughter to spoil her feast by deceptive advice about cooking · J1561.5 entry
- A box connection. Man refused hospitality tells rich man he is a relative. Asked for the "connection," he tells him there is a box connection. Rich man not understanding, man explains his cart is made of box wood and is tied to a rich man's box tree. Rich man, ashamed, entertains him with all due respect · J1561.6 entry
- Grace said in name of the host. Neglected guest thus gets his portion of food · J1561.7 entry