Lazy Henry

Lazy Harry is a farce (ATU 1430). He stands in the Children's and Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm from the 3rd edition of 1837 at location 164 (KHM 164), was first published in 1836 by Wilhelm Grimm in the penny magazine for children, and goes on Eucharius eyerings collection Proverbiorum Copia (Vol. 1, 1601) back.

Content

Lazy Harry marries fat Trina, so that they cast out his and her goat together and he can laze around. She has the idea to exchange the goats at the neighbor against a beehive, the one does not need to beware. Heinz harvests in autumn honey, and since both like to lie in bed until noon, Trine takes a hazel stick, in order to chase away from the bed mice it can. One morning Heinz suggests ago, a goose and a gosling from the honey to buy before Trine eat it alone. But you want only one child who was to rule the geese. On his concerns, the child could not obey, she brandishes his cane and smashes the honey jar. Heinz is happy that the pitcher he has not fallen on his head, the two find something in a shard to snack and then resting up from fright.

Origin

Grimm's note refers, among other origin and comparison sites on an oriental tale of a hermit who buy from the honey goat and a beautiful woman and then wants to punish his son with a stick.

Lazy Harry contains an allusion to KHM 162 The wise servant and gets reversed allusion in KHM 168 The Lean Lisa.

Trines Conclusion with the worm (from 6th edition ) comes from a letter of Elisabeth of Orleans (1843, 268). The conclusion of " ropes does no good " comes from Suetonius' De vita Ceasarum ( Octavianus 25,4: Festina lente ) (cf. KHM 184 The nail ).