ATU 2034. The Mouse Regains its Tail


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Jacobs. The Cat and the Mouse
Lorimer. The Mouse's Tail
The Cat and the Mouse (Massachusetts)
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Z41.4 [ATU 2034] The mouse regains its tail. The cat bites off the mouse's tail and will return it in exchange for milk. The mouse goes to the cow for milk, the farmer for hay, the butcher for meat, the baker for bread. Other persons mentioned are the locksmith and the miner.

additional information:

Baughman 2034.
MASSACHUSETTS Cole JAF 13:228-29 1900 [Hathi]
NEW ENGLAND Johnson What They Say 207-09 1896 (two variants) [Hathi]
TEXAS Dobie PTFS 6:38-41 1927 (see for notes)

Basset Contes Berberes No. 45 [Hathi]
Nouveaux Contes Berberes No. 168 [Hathi]
Newell JAFL XVIII 1905 34 n. 1: Passover Song [Hathi]

Bird who lost his nose - Fowke - Canada
Get back the medicine - Dorson / World
Fox got back his tail - Bushnaq - arabic





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