Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them

Motif

Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K335.0.5.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Italian Novella*Rotunda (K2334).
general *Type 1740
general *BP III 388

Within the index

Filed under Owner frightened from goods by apparitions of the dead. (Cf. K335.1.2.)

Filed beside it

Thief frightens priest as the latter crosses cemetery. Meanwhile a confederate steals his chickens

Travels with

Animal with lighted candle thought to be ghost. (Cf. K335.0.5.1.)

Carried in tale types

Candles on the Crayfish · ATU 17401 recorded variant

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