Dropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is haunted

Motif

Dropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is haunted.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J1782.2

Filed across the traditions

Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 137 No. 101
Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 101.

Within the index

Filed under Things thought to be ghosts.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sound of water dripping on dinner pail thought to be ghost using pick in mine

Filed beside it

Robber or dog in church thought to be a ghost Noise in house thought to be ghost Man sleeping in stable (abandoned cabin) thinks entering animals are ghosts: kills them Animal with lighted candle thought to be ghost. (Cf. K335.0.5.1.) Person in white thought to be ghost Sleep-walker thought to be a ghost until discovered Person in haunted house shoots off all his toes thinking they are ghosts. (Cf. J1838.)

Carried in tale types

Mistaking a Person (Animal, Object) for a Supernatural Being (previously Objects Thought to be Ghosts) · ATU 1318 2 recorded variants

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