The boy eats breakfast, dinner, and supper one immediately after the other; then lies down to sleep — Mythoi

Motif

The boy eats breakfast, dinner, and supper one immediately after the other; then lies down to sleep.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – personal. · view the constellation · filed as W111.2.6

Cited in the index

general *Type 1561.

Within the index

Filed under The lazy servant.

Filed beside it

Lazy servant gets others to perform his duties Servant to call his master at daybreak: looks into dark closet to see if it is yet light. They sleep till noon Servant to close door at night: leaves it open so that he will not have to open it next morning "If it is day, give me food; if it is night, let me sleep." The master has told the servant to go to work Boy to see whether it is raining: calls dog (cat) in and feels of his paws Boy to see whether there is fire in the house: feels of cat to see if she is warm Lazy boy always says that it is raining. The peasant and the boy sleep during the rain in the hay barn. When the peasant asks, the boy always says that it is still raining Lazy boy says he cannot walk Servant tells master to cover his face: no need to put out lamp

Carried in tale types

Three Meals in a Row (previously The Lazy Boy Eats Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper One after the Other) · ATU 1561 1 recorded variant

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