Miserly husband spies on wife, lest she cook too much

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Miserly husband spies on wife, lest she cook too much.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W153.2.1

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Filed under Miserly husband spies on wife to see that she does not eat too much. Gets burned in the chimney and beaten in the bed where he hides.

Carried in tale types

The Miser · ATU 14071 recorded variant

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