μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The foolish pawn. The woman sells cows and gets one of them back as a pledge for the unpaid purchase price.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish bargains. · view the constellation · filed as J2086

Cited in the index
  • general *Type 1385
  • general *BP II 440
  • general Christensen DF L 35.
Within the index

Filed under Foolish bargains.

Filed beside it
Foolish bargain: progressive type Squaring accounts by shaving the wife. A numskull has paid twice the regular amount for a shave. The barber shaves the wife The foolish attempt to cheat the buyer Foolish reward offered The persuasive auctioneer. The auctioneer praises the man's worthless cow so much in his speech that the man takes her back himself The considerate seller. A numskull having an over-short turban for sale at auction warns the prospective buyer that it is too short Thief warned what not to steal. The numskull tells the thief where his door-key, his cakes, and his roasts are and warns him not to steal them The trusted porters. A man finds a treasure, but is robbed by porters whom he has employed to rid him of the trouble of carrying it Valuables given away or sold for trifle Expensive wood burned to make charcoal To eat a hundred onions. Choice of eating 100 onions, receiving 100 blows, or paying 100 coins. Fool tries onions in vain, then the blows, and finally must give the coins Stupid boy convinced that trading all his silver for worthless cup will gain people's respect Foolish bargain: miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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