Casting sheep's eyes at the bride. The foolish bridegroom is told to cast sheep's eyes at the bride. He buys some at the butcher shop and throws them at her

Motif

Casting sheep's eyes at the bride. The foolish bridegroom is told to cast sheep's eyes at the bride. He buys some at the butcher shop and throws them at her.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Literal fools. · Literal obedience. · view the constellation · filed as J2462.2

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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SpanishEspinosa III 147.
general *Type 1685
general *BP I 311
general *Fb "øje" III 1166a
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 762

Within the index

Filed under Foolish bridegroom follows instructions literally.

Filed beside it

The dog Parsley in the soup. The foolish bridegroom is told to put parsley in the soup. He throws in his dog, which is named Parsley Foolish husband puts out wife's eyes at night because he heard that a beautiful wife is an enemy

Carried in tale types

The Foolish Bridegroom · ATU 16851 recorded variant

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