Child born one month after marriage. Father-in-law to son-in-law: "Do like my grandson and you will always be ahead of others."

Motif

Child born one month after marriage. Father-in-law to son-in-law: "Do like my grandson and you will always be ahead of others."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning the parentage of children. · view the constellation · filed as J1276.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under The child born too soon.

Filed beside it

Too much for his income. Child born two months after marriage. Husband returns wife to her father (uncle) saying: "I can't afford a child every two months."

Carried in tale types

The Three Months' Child · ATU 1362A* 2 recorded variants

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