“contagious” — Mythoi

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Motifs

Contagiousness of bad company. J451
The contagious yawns. A husband planning to punish his wife, who has yawned in church at the same time as a man, sees his error when his wife in the woods calls out, "The squirrels hop from bough to bough as the yawns from mouth to mouth." J1448

Tale types

ATU 1431 The Contagious Yawns