Grimm (Hunt). Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie

From Household Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt.

This is TMI Z31.1 Pif Paf Poltrie = ATU 2019.

PIF-PAF-POLTRIE

(illustration by Otto Ubbelohde)

"Good-day, Father Hollenthe."

"Many thanks, Pif-paf-poltrie."

"May I be allowed to have your daughter?"

"Oh, yes, if Mother Malcho (Milch-cow), Brother High-and-Mighty, Sister Käsetraut, and fair Katrinelje are willing, you can have her."

"Where is Mother Malcho, then?"

"She is in the cow-house, milking the cow."

"Good-day, Mother Malcho."

"Many thanks, Pif-paf-poltrie."

"May I be allowed to have your daughter?"

"Oh, yes, if Father Hollenthe, Brother High-and-Mighty, Sister Käsetraut, and fair Katrinelje are willing, you can have her."

"Where is Brother High-and-Mighty, then?"

"He is in the room chopping some wood."

"Good-day, Brother High-and-Mighty."

"Many thanks, Pif-paf-poltrie."

"May I be allowed to have your sister?"

"Oh, yes, if Father Hollenthe, Mother Malcho, Sister Käsetraut, and fair Katrinelje are willing, you can have her."

"Where is Sister Käsetraut, then?"

"She is in the garden cutting cabbages."

"Good-day, sister Käsetraut."

"Many thanks, Pif-paf-poltrie."

"May I be allowed to have your sister?"

"Oh, yes, if Father Hollenthe, Mother Malcho, Brother High-and- Mighty, and fair Katrinelje are willing, you may have her."

"Where is fair Katrinelje, then?"

"She is in the room counting out her farthings."

"Good day, fair Katrinelje."

"Many thanks, Pif-paf-poltrie."

"Wilt thou be my bride?"

"Oh, yes, if Father Hollenthe, Mother Malcho, Brother High-and-Mighty, and Sister Käsetraut are willing, I am ready."

"Fair Katrinelje, how much dowry do hast thou?"

"Fourteen farthings in ready money, three and a half groschen owing to me, half a pound of dried apples, a handful of fried bread, and a handful of spices.
 And many other things are mine,
 Have I not a dowry fine?
Pif-paf-poltrie, what is thy trade? Art thou a tailor?"

"Something better."

"A shoemaker?"

"Something better."

"A husbandman?"

"Something better."

"A joiner?"

"Something better."

"A smith?"

"Something better."

"A miller?"

"Something better."

"Perhaps a broom-maker?"

"Yes, that's what I am, is it not a fine trade?"

ATU 2019 Pif Paf Poltrie

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Grimm (Hunt). Pif-Paf-Poultrie
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Z31.1 [ATU 2019] Pif Paf Poltrie. The suitor sent from one relation to the other for consent to the wedding. Each member of a family is assigned a characteristic function; various wooers appear and are rejected until the one which is apparently the most unpromising is chosen.

ATU 2019. A suitor (suitors) with a peculiar name (.e.g Pif Paf Poltrie) asks a father for his daughter's hand in marriage. The father consents and sends the suitor to other relatives, who also consent. The suitor asks the bride about her dowry, which is poor. She asks him what his profession is. He is not a tailor, shoemaker, farmer, carpenter, or smith, but a maker of brooms.

additional information:
Wikipedia: Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie