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has killed a man. She spreads the news and returns to ask him if it was two or three crows; or, only a dead dog is found on spot where murdered man is supposed to have been buried. Cf Mt 893. as 1. LRAC no 124. oc 1. ECPE no 69. | |
| 1382—3. Cf Mt *1683 A. | |
| 1386. | Cf Mt * 1693. |
| *1389. | Sleepy, foolish wife throws cornbread out window instead of putting it back into oven [W 218]. Reapers must go home hungry. as 1. CTA p. 164: Mt *1389 + Mt 1541. |
1405—1429 Foolish man and his wife.
| 1405. | Cf Mt *1375. |
| 1406. | Cf Mt 1620. |
| *1410. | Dead friend returns to tell man that he was admitted to Heaven immediately upon stating that he was married, St. Peter saying that he had been purged enough. When man dies he comes to gate of Heaven and states that he has been married twice, thinking to gain quick admission. But St. Peter sends him away, saying Heaven was not made for fools [T 251]. Cf Mt *165, Mt *1516 and Mt *1516 A. an 1. CE p. 60. |
| 1415. | x 1. FRT p. 62 (Man trades gold for horse, horse for cow, cow for pig, pig for duck, duck for partridge, partridge for scissorsgrinder's stone which falls into fountain). |
| *A. | Man tells friend he must always beat his wife. Friend replies he does not find this necessary. Man tells friend to order wife to put horse into stable hind end first and see how she obevs. He |
