Men exchange duties: each wants to get better of the other, but is cheated, finding the other's work more difficult

Motif

Men exchange duties: each wants to get better of the other, but is cheated, finding the other's work more difficult.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Foolish imitation. · Foolish imitation – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J2431.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under A man undertakes to do his wife's work. All goes wrong.

Carried in tale types

Thieves Steal from One Another (previously The Thieves and their Pupil) · ATU 1525E 1 recorded variant

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