Man with stolen fig in his mouth submits to having cheek lanced rather than open his mouth. (Cf. J1842.2.) — Mythoi

Motif

Man with stolen fig in his mouth submits to having cheek lanced rather than open his mouth. (Cf. J1842.2.)

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – personal. · view the constellation · filed as W111.5.8

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda (W111.7).

Within the index

Filed under Other lazy persons.

1 finer motif beneath it

Man is so lazy that he starves rather than open his mouth for food to fall in when it falls from trees

Filed beside it

Lazy mother given shoes of cotton; son knows that she will not wear them out Lazy girl does not know where the spring is Lazy man asked direction only points with his foot Lazy dog wakes only for his meals Man in mud too lazy to take hand extended to help him up Lazy son-in-law: afraid of a dog Ruler is too lazy to stop quarrels. They lead to his death Learning a trade in bed. Working independently, the lazy fellow spoils the materials received – starts making something big, which at the end turns to nothing. For example, begins with forging a plough: this becomes an axe, the axe a knife, and knife a needle, the needle – nothing. (Cf. J2080.) Lazy man asks if wood is split before he accepts it as a gift Lazy man misses seeing the sheriff's funeral; he is facing the wrong way as the procession passes Man digs three potatoes in one day: one dug, one being dug, one about to be dug Man weeds garden from cushioned rocking chair, using fire tongs to reach weeds

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Fool cannot answer as his mouth is full; thought to have an abscess in cheeks, allows them to be cut open

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