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Gomme. The Witch
Lang. Solomon Grundy
Halliwell. Sneezes
Halliwell. Washing
Talley. When I was a Roustabout
Lang. Monday's Bairn
Tarrant. Fingernails
Northall. Marriage
Dodge. My Week
(more to come!)
Lang. Solomon Grundy
Halliwell. Sneezes
Halliwell. Washing
Talley. When I was a Roustabout
Lang. Monday's Bairn
Tarrant. Fingernails
Northall. Marriage
Dodge. My Week
(more to come!)
ATU 2012: Z24.1.3. Solomon Grundy. This miscellaneous type comprises various chain tales in which the months of the year, days of the week, or hours of the day are connected to actions or events:
1. A forgetful man enumerates the chores done on various days of the week and comes to the conclusion that today must be Sunday.
2. A widower relates how he courted, married, and buried his wife within a single week.
3. The chief events of a human life, from birth to death, are assigned to hours of the day.
4. In a children's rhyme, the main events of human life, from birth to death, are assigned to the various days of the week.
5. A bird gives a father instructions for educating his lazy children. She tells him what she does for her chicks each month from March to August, when they are ready to fly away.
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