The one to blow the whistle. Many persons request a man on the way to market to buy them a whistle. Finally one hands him a coin with the request. "You are the one who shall blow the whistle." — Mythoi

Motif

The one to blow the whistle. Many persons request a man on the way to market to buy them a whistle. Finally one hands him a coin with the request. "You are the one who shall blow the whistle."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Retorts concerning debts. · view the constellation · filed as J1382.1

Cited in the index

general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 246 No. 146.

Within the index

Filed under Payers of cash favored.

Filed beside it

The weighted order-cards. To a man going on a voyage, various people give commissions for purchases, which he writes down on cards. Some give him money; some promise it on his return. On ship he looks the cards over, placing the proper gold on the proper card. A wind blows into the sea those not weighted with gold

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