XXVII. Lazy Jack
Source.—Halliwell, 157.
Parallels.—The same story occurs in Lowland Scotch as “Jock and his Mother,” Chambers, l.c., 101; in Ireland, as “I'll be wiser next time,” Kennedy, l.c., 39−42. Abroad it is Grimm's Hans im Gluck (No. 83). The “cure by laughing” incident is “common form” in folk−tales (cf. Kohler on Gonzenbach, Sizil. Marchen, ii. 210, 224; Jones and Kropf, Magyar Tales, 312).
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