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

Motif

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.

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 J1193.2

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 254 No. 172
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 718

Within the index

Filed under Clever interpretation of judge's statement.

1 finer motif beneath it

The Court keeps the change. Man is fined half-ducat. Judge has no change. Defendant strikes judge for the change

Filed beside it

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

Carried in tale types

The Fine for Assault · ATU 1586B 1 recorded variant

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