Should have brought him drink. Drunkard's wife takes him when he is drunk to a tomb and, masking as a ghost brings him food. "If you had known me better you would have brought me drink."

Motif

Should have brought him drink. Drunkard's wife takes him when he is drunk to a tomb and, masking as a ghost brings him food. "If you had known me better you would have brought me drink."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning drunkenness. · view the constellation · filed as J1323

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greek The Odyssey , Book XIII
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 5

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 38
general Halm Aesop No. 108.

Within the index

Filed under Repartee concerning drunkenness.

Filed beside it

The unrepentant drunkard The great thirst Stung by the goblet. Doctor tells drunkard, "The goblet has stung you." "If I had known that I would have drunk out of a glass."

Carried in tale types

How the Drunken Man Was Cured · ATU 1706D 1 recorded variant

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