Retorts between husband and wife. (Cf. J1532.1.) — Mythoi

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Retorts between husband and wife. (Cf. J1532.1.)

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · Retorts between husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as J1540

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

3 finer motifs beneath it

Husband outwits his wife Wife outwits her husband Overcurious wife learns of the senate's deliberations. Husband (son) tells her that they have decided that each man may have many wives. Gullible wife believes it

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The Snow-Child. (Modus Leibinc.) A sailor's wife bears a son in his absence and says that it came from eating snow. Later the husband makes away with the boy who, he says, melted in the sun

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