21 motifs match “sunday”  ·  back to the chapters

• Man in moon has punishment for burning brush on Sunday. A751.1.1
• Devil throws down quoits when he is told that it is wrong to play on Sunday. They remain as stones to this day. A977.2.3
• Will-o'-the-wisp is girl cursed by her mother for gathering plants for dyestuffs on Sunday. Will-o'-the-wisp is seen where girl disappeared. A2817.2
• Mill refuses to work on Sunday. (Cf. D1263.) D1676
• Wild huntsman wanders for hunting on Sunday. E501.3.6
• Resurrection to take place on Sunday. E751.6
• Souls leave hell on Sundays. (Cf. Q560.0.1.) E755.2.0.1
• Stolen mother returns from fairyland each Sunday to minister to her children. F322.3
• Persons who at night become nightmares. Those who are born on a Thursday and christened on a Sunday must at certain times (on Thursdays) press somebody or something. F471.1.5
• Well flows full on Sunday. F718.7
• Like Christ on Palm Sunday. Bishop has parson to dinner in the seat of honor. The parson fears that the dinner precedes punishment. Parson: "Don't let me be like Christ on Palm Sunday in Jerusalem" J1265.1
• The rescuers' Sabbath. A Jew, fallen into a pit, refuses to be rescued on Saturday, his Sabbath. The next day he calls for help but the Christians refuse to rescue him on Sunday, their Sabbath. J1613
• Family do not realize that Lent has arrived until it is Palm Sunday. Then they explain that Lent will be short because it has been a short winter. J1743.2
• The Lord has departed. Maidservant on way to church on Palm Sunday meets priests leading ass on which Jesus rode. The maid runs home and tells her mistress that the Lord has mounted and has just gone away. J1823.1.3
• Numskull knocks the figure of Jesus from the ass. Sees the waving of palms on Palm Sunday and thinks the people are trying to knock the figure from the ass. J1823.1.4
• Devil tries to pass for Jesus. Forbids man to cut wood on Sunday. Disappears when man demands to see the wounds on his hands and feet. K1992
• Fortress built on Sunday destroyed by tempest. (Cf. C631, Q223.6.) Q552.14.1
• Three hours of respite on Sunday for tormented in hell. Q560.2.1.1
• Deaf peasant: the wedding invitation. Lord: Good morning, Peter. Peasant: I come from Bingen. – L. What is the hog worth? – P. Two weeks from next Sunday (the wedding). – L. Shall I come to the wedding? – P. Three and a half gulden. X111.4
• The forgetful man counts the days of the week. On Monday they go to mill, etc. He thus discovers that it is Sunday. Z24
• "Solomon Grundy, born on Monday .... buried on Sunday." Z24.1.3