FFC 90
1200—1999 Joke and anecdote.
139
| *1692. | Foolish husband is set to guard chickens from fox. He ties their beaks and weights them down in river with stones. Wife tells him if fox smells him it will not come. He fears fox might eat him and locks himself in house while fox carries off chickens [J 2125]. Wife tells him to kill chickens. He throws them off balcony against stone. Kites carrr them off [J 2185]. as 1. CTA p. 167. |
| *1693. | Mother leaves fool with brooding hen. He sits on the eggs himself and breaks them [J 1975]. Cf Mt 1696 le 1. She sends him to grind wheat. He feeds it to frogs [J 1857]. oc 1. ECPE no 147: Mt *1693 + Mt 560. Cf Mt 1386 and Mt 1642. |
| 1695 *A. Cobbler remembers minstrel's songs and sings them to the people so that when minstrel returns they tell him they do not need him. At night he sews cobbler's leather in crazy shapes. Cobbler accuses him and he claims he has done no worse to cobbler's leather than cobbler has done to his songs. They both sing and people realize the contrast. Minstrel pays cobbler for leather but makes cobbler promise not to sing his songs [J 1585]. x 1. BPS p. 140. | |
| 1696. | Porto Rico: Mason-Espinosa JAF XXXIV 188 no 49. le 1. ECPE no 181 (Ties pot instead of pig to ass's tail. Carries pitch instead of pot on his head. Brings salt in wet bag; earthen pot in saddlebag. He kills turkey, sits on its eggs and breaks them. Cf Mt *1693. He is sent for firewood but sits on ass in stable all day. Guards tell him where to cut firewood; he does not obey and they kill him). oc 1. ECPE no 190 (Fool says, "May it all come out", when he sees oil leaking from can. He says, "May none come out", when he sees men in bathing. He says, "May the other one come out", |
