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

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

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 80 No. 2012, Hdwb. d. Märchens II 174b.

Within the index

Filed under Cumulative tales. Tales arranged in chains. (Kettenmärchen.)

1 finer motif beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Cumulative nonsense tales Chains based on numbers Ehod mi yodea (One; who knows?); Le dodici parole della verità, Las doce palabras retorneadas. The numbers from one to twelve are brought into relation with various objects, often of religious significance How the Rich Man paid his Servant (Lönen hos den rike man). A farmer pays his servant in the first year a hen, in the second a cock, goose, goat, cow, horse, .... girl. farmstead Fly forgets her name; asks woodcutter, axe, tree, etc., in vain. Finally foal in mare's belly says her name is "fly"

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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