Trickster fills his gallon jug half full of water, then has it filled with rum at the store. When seller refuses credit, he pours back half gallon of the liquid – now half rum and half water. Sometimes trickster repeats operation, getting richer mixture with each transaction

Motif

Trickster fills his gallon jug half full of water, then has it filled with rum at the store. When seller refuses credit, he pours back half gallon of the liquid – now half rum and half water. Sometimes trickster repeats operation, getting richer mixture with each transaction.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Other deceptions in the payment of debt. · view the constellation · filed as K231.6.2.2

Filed across the traditions

U.S. *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Trickster gets strong drink by trickery in returning goods.

Filed beside it

Trickster returns a bottle of water instead of the bottle of rum he has just purchased

Carried in tale types

The Wine and Water Business (previously The Rum and Water Trade) · ATU 1555B 1 recorded variant

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