μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The reckoning of the pot. A man counts the days of the fastmonth by throwing a pebble each day into a pot. His daughter throws a handful of pebbles in. Asked the day of the month, he says that it is the 125th.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Literal fools. · Literal obedience. · view the constellation · filed as J2466.2

Cited in the index
  • general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 207 No. 9.
Within the index

Filed under Literal following of the count.

Filed beside it
A pebble for each sin. A man cannot remember the number of his sins. The priest has him put a pebble in a sack for each of his sins. He comes to confession with three large sacks of pebbles The long day. If the clock is still striking it must be 50 o'clock
Carried in tale types

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