The tailor's dream. A tailor dreams that at Judgment Day he sees a flag made up of all the pieces of cloth he has stolen Upon waking he asks his servants to warn him if they ever see him tempted to steal again. This happens. He replies, "The piece I am about to steal does not fit into the flag."

Motif

The tailor's dream. A tailor dreams that at Judgment Day he sees a flag made up of all the pieces of cloth he has stolen Upon waking he asks his servants to warn him if they ever see him tempted to steal again. This happens. He replies, "The piece I am about to steal does not fit into the flag."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning false reform. · view the constellation · filed as J1401

Cited in the index

general *BP I 343
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 256 No. 190.

Within the index

Filed under Repartee concerning false reform.

Carried in tale types

The Tailor's Dream · ATU 1574 1 recorded variant

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