Teaching Latin. Cuts off tip of pupil's tongue or orders him to lick cold iron – pupil injures himself.
Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Dupe otherwise persuaded to voluntary self-injury. · view the constellation · filed as K1068.2
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Lithuanian Balys Index No. 2444*.
Carried in tale types
- Teaching Latin · ATU 1331D* 1 recorded variant
- Cleverness and Gullibility · ATU 1539 1 recorded variant
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