ATU 1641
Doctor Know-All
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
- Sham wise man. 1 variant
- Sham wise man gives a purgative and helps find a lost horse. His pills get the credit. 1 variant
- Sham wise man hides something and is rewarded for finding it. 1 variant
- Sham parson: the sawed pulpit. He has sawed the pulpit almost through. He predicts a miracle. The pulpit falls down. 1 variant
- Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first" – sham wise man. The sham wise man employed to detect theft is feasted. As the servants enter with food he remarks to his wife, "That is the first" (course). (Or allowed to feast for three days remarks at end of first day "That is the first.") The servants, thinking they are detected, confess. 1 variant
- What is in the dish: "Poor Crab". A sham wise man named Crab is put to a test of his powers of divination. He is to tell what is in a covered dish (crabs). In despair he says, "Poor Crab!" and is given credit for knowing. 1 variant