Not the same purse as was lost. Finder of a purse containing 800 gulden returns it to owner for reward. Latter says that purse had 900 gulden in it. In court. Decision: The rich man speaks truth. The purse found is not the one he lost. The finder may keep it

Motif

Not the same purse as was lost. Finder of a purse containing 800 gulden returns it to owner for reward. Latter says that purse had 900 gulden in it. In court. Decision: The rich man speaks truth. The purse found is not the one he lost. The finder may keep it.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever judicial decisions. · view the constellation · filed as J1172.1

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller
Italian Novella *Rotunda.
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 115
general Chauvin IX 26 No. 15
general Scala Celi 21b No. 135
general Alphabet No. 650
general *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 44

Within the index

Filed under Judgment as rebuke to unjust plaintiff.

Filed beside it

Payment with the clink of the money. Man sued for payment for enjoyment of the flavor of meat when roasting Ungrateful animal returned to captivity. A man rescues a serpent (bear) who in return seeks to kill his rescuer. Fox as judge advises the man to put the serpent back into captivity Turtle released by man to carry him across stream. Threatens him midway. Fox to be judge. Feigns deafness and makes turtle come so near shore man jumps and saves self

Carried in tale types

Cases Solved in a Manner Worthy of Solomon · ATU 926C 1 recorded variant

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