Guest brings along cakes to eat. Stingy host rebuked — Mythoi

Motif

Guest brings along cakes to eat. Stingy host rebuked.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · Practical retorts: hosts and guests. · view the constellation · filed as J1575

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Espinosa III No. 192
Italian Novella *Rotunda, Boccaccio Decameron I No. 8 (Lee 23).

Within the index

Filed under Practical retorts: hosts and guests.

1 finer motif beneath it

Suitor brings own lamp. Mother of girl tells suitor that she cannot have him burning her midnight oil. The next night he brings his own lamp and a can of oil, tells her he will stay all night if he wishes

Filed beside it

Inhospitality repaid The greedy host Treatment of difficult guests Talker keeps person from eating Inappropriate entertainment repaid Luxury of host rebuked Host rebukes negligent servant "Cause liberality to be depicted." Answer of hungry man when host asks for suggestion for a picture to be painted of something that has not been seen Deceptive invitation to feast

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