"Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid." Man decides to frighten another (or his son or servant). He dresses in a sheet; his pet monkey puts on a sheet and follows him. The person who is doing the scaring hears the victim say, "Run Big Fraid, run; Little Fraid'll get you." The scarer sees the monkey in the sheet, runs home. (Cf. K1833.)

Motif

"Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid." Man decides to frighten another (or his son or servant). He dresses in a sheet; his pet monkey puts on a sheet and follows him. The person who is doing the scaring hears the victim say, "Run Big Fraid, run; Little Fraid'll get you." The scarer sees the monkey in the sheet, runs home. (Cf. K1833.)

Deceptions. · Deceiver falls into own trap. · Deceiver falls into his own trap – miscellaneous incidents. · view the constellation · filed as K1682.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general Canada, England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Disguised trickster beaten by man he is trying to frighten. Disguise as ghost.

Travels with

Disguise as ghost

Carried in tale types

The Pretended Ghost (previously Joker Posing as Ghost Punished by Victim) · ATU 16762 recorded variants

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