ATU 1567 Stingy Household (previously Hungry Servant Reproaches Stingy Master)

ATU 1567

Stingy Household (previously Hungry Servant Reproaches Stingy Master)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Softening bread-crusts. An avaricious master feeds bread-crusts to his servants. "The crusts are already getting soft." 1 variant
Two eggs. Widow serves tailor one egg. He sings, "One egg, one egg." She decides one egg is not enough and serves him two next time. He then sings "Two eggs are two eggs." He is next given two eggs and a sausage, etc. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.