Parson made to believe that he will bear a calf. In having his urine examined by a doctor, a cow's is substituted by mistake. (Or he dreams that he has borne a calf.) When a calf comes into the house he thinks that he has borne it. (Cf. J1734.1, K1955.2.)

Motif

Parson made to believe that he will bear a calf. In having his urine examined by a doctor, a cow's is substituted by mistake. (Or he dreams that he has borne a calf.) When a calf comes into the house he thinks that he has borne it. (Cf. J1734.1, K1955.2.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Gullible fools. · Nature of gullibility. · view the constellation · filed as J2321.1

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general *Type 1739
general *BP I 317 n. 1
general *Fb "kalv"
general *Wesselski Bebel I 232 No. 148.

Within the index

Filed under Man made to believe that he is pregnant (has borne child).

Filed beside it

Man thinks he has given birth to a child by letting wind Husband makes wife and mother-in-law believe he will bear a sheep. His wife was pregnant when he married her

Travels with

Urine diagnosis to tell where a man comes from. A farmer takes some of his master's urine for examination. The doctor asks where the man comes from. "You will soon see," says the man, expecting the analysis to tell. (Cf. K2321.1.)Sham physician pretends to diagnose entirely from urinalysis. Really from observation and inference from trifles

Carried in tale types

The Clergyman and the Calf · ATU 17391 recorded variant

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