Widower tells of his courtship, his marriage, and the death of his wife, all in a week

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Widower tells of his courtship, his marriage, and the death of his wife, all in a week.

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 80 No. 2012A.

Within the index

Filed under The forgetful man counts the days of the week. On Monday they go to mill, etc. He thus discovers that it is Sunday.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Life story in ten hours: "At one I was born .... at ten my child's soul was crowned in heaven."Bird advises man to treat his lazy children as she does her young: "In March I make my nest .... in August I have nothing more to do with my young.""Solomon Grundy, born on Monday .... buried on Sunday."

Travels with

Hog loses pancake in mud: still seeks it. (Cf. A2471.2, A2477.1, Z24.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Days of the Week (previously The Forgetful Man Counts the Days of the Week) · ATU 20121 recorded variant

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