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three, but husband refuses so she pretends to die or he has her buried. When he sees she goes even into grave, he grants her three. Or she cries, "I eat two!" and everyone flees except lame man who exclaims, "Poor me and the other one!" [T 255.4]. | |
| *E. | Man finds hair in his soup and claims it is his wife's. She insists that it is his. He beats her. Neighbor tells his wife why she is being beaten. Neighbor's wife insists that it was man's hair and neighbor beats his wife. And so the quarrel spreads until every woman in town is beaten. le 1. KDCS p. 116 no VI. |
| 1373. | Cf Mt 1458. BLC III 21. |
| *1374. | Man's wife or priest's housekeeper pretends not to eat. He starts out but returns to house, hides and sees her eat a huge meal [K 1566]. It rains during the day. In evening he pretends to return home and compares rain, etc. to things she has eaten. Cf Mt 1458. Porto Rico: Mason-Boas JAF XXXVII 306 no 15. an 1. ECPE no 44. as 1. LRAC no 40. oc 1. ECFE no 45. |
| A. | Wife would eat game husband brought home, making him broth and telling him cat ate the meat. Witch tells him wife ate meat and gives him three beans which he places in various parts of the house [D 1613.1] and hides behind the door. Wife eats meat and nearest bean rebukes her for eating it all and threatens to tell husband. She moves to |
