Husband outwits his wife — Mythoi

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Husband outwits his wife.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · Retorts between husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as J1541

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

4 finer motifs beneath it

The good words. A man pledged to give his wife only good words hits her with a prayer book The flute makes more noise. A man overcomes his quarrelsome wife by playing the flute as long as she is scolding Woman repulses ugly husband's advances. He placates her by telling her that he wants a handsome child Husband and wife separate and divide property. Man keeps the house, gives the wife the road

Filed beside it

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

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