Payment with the clink of the money. Man sued for payment for enjoyment of the flavor of meat when roasting

Motif

Payment with the clink of the money. Man sued for payment for enjoyment of the flavor of meat when roasting.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever judicial decisions. · view the constellation · filed as J1172.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda
India Thompson-Balys
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 297.
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No 48
general Nouvelles de Sens No. 9

Within the index

Filed under Judgment as rebuke to unjust plaintiff.

Filed beside it

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 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

Payment with the Clink of Money · ATU 1804B 1 recorded variant

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