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	b) Tailor returns from neighboring village at night and he is caught from behind by bramble or thistle. He believes it to be a highwayman and begs for mercy. When sun rises he discovers what is detaining him, cuts it off and becomes very boastful again. c) Tailor meets a slug and puts on his thimble and makes thrusts with needle in great fear. He tells it to leave him and go after men [W 260]. d) Tailor is chosen because of his reputed valor to carry large quantity of money. His wife conceals it for him by sewing it in the lining of his vest. She disguises as highwayman [K 1837] and steals his vest with money. He tells how he was overcome by large band of thieves after a violent struggle but wife reveals the truth [K 1600]. BLC I 114. [ar] 1. PMC p. 163: a b d. as 1. CTA p. 225: b. 2. CTA p. 228: c.
*1715.	Tailor works for widow. She serves him one egg. He sings, "One egg, one egg". She decides one egg is not enough and next meal serves him two. He sings, "Two eggs are two eggs". Next meal she gives him two eggs and sausage. He sings, "With two eggs and sausage ya cose un sastre que no se divisa" [J 1431]. as 1. CTA p. 227.
*1716.	Tailor or man deeply in debt pretends to die. All forgive him their debts except shoemaker or tailor to whom he owed one real and who follows the body to church and hides in confessional, hoping to reclaim his real. At night thieves come to church and divide their spoils. They set aside one extra share for one who will stab the corpse, who jumps up and calls on dead to help him. Concealed shoemaker or tailor replies that the dead are coming.