Killing the fly on the judge's nose. The judge has told the boy that he should kill a fly wherever he sees one

Motif

Killing the fly on the judge's nose. The judge has told the boy that he should kill a fly wherever he sees one.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1193.1

Filed across the traditions

Rumanian Schullerus FFC LXXVIII 69 No. 4.
general Type 1586
general *BP I 519
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 271 No. 280
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 673
general Fansler MAFLS XII 390, 435

Within the index

Filed under Clever interpretation of judge's statement.

Filed beside it

The value of a blow. A judge awards damages of a penny against a friend of his for giving a blow. The defendant goes to get the money and is gone long. Meanwhile the plaintiff gives the judge a blow and tells him to use the penny as damages

Carried in tale types

The Man in Court for Killing a Fly · ATU 1586 2 recorded variants

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