Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson J2062.1 — Which way the sheep shall return

J2062.1
Thompson motif reference
J
The Wise and the Foolish
1
Associated ATU tale types

Description

Motif

Which way the sheep shall return. One man plans to buy sheep; another says that he shall not drive them across the bridge. They quarrel over the sheep, which have not yet been acquired. A third numskull to convince them of their foolishness pours all his meal out in the water so as to show them the empty sack. "How much meal is in the sack?" he asks. "None." "There is just that much wit in your heads." *Clouston Noodles 26; Field Pent Cuckoo 2; England: Baughman.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

These links are derived from the Thompson motif references stored in the Folklore Database's ATU concordance.

ATUTitle
ATU 1327 Emptying the Meal Sack