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From The Seven Sages of Rome
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|Has Summary=A man gives his wife money to buy food, and she goes to the market. The merchant lusts after her, and offers to give her sugar in exchange for sex. The wife agrees in advance, ties the sugar up in her cloak, and enters the merchant's chambers. While they are busy, the merchant's servant replaces the sugar with dust. The wife returns home none the wiser, leaves the bundle, and goes to fetch her pot. When her husband exclaims that there is nothing but dirt in her cloak, the wife understands that she was swindled. She fetches a seive, and claims that she was kicked by a cow on the way home, dropped everything in the dirt, and must now sift the particles apart. Her husband believes her and sifts the dust. | |Has Summary='''Sugar''' | ||
A man gives his wife money to buy food, and she goes to the market. The merchant lusts after her, and offers to give her sugar in exchange for sex. The wife agrees in advance, ties the sugar up in her cloak, and enters the merchant's chambers. While they are busy, the merchant's servant replaces the sugar with dust. The wife returns home none the wiser, leaves the bundle, and goes to fetch her pot. When her husband exclaims that there is nothing but dirt in her cloak, the wife understands that she was swindled. She fetches a seive, and claims that she was kicked by a cow on the way home, dropped everything in the dirt, and must now sift the particles apart. Her husband believes her and sifts the dust. | |||
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Sugar
A man gives his wife money to buy food, and she goes to the market. The merchant lusts after her, and offers to give her sugar in exchange for sex. The wife agrees in advance, ties the sugar up in her cloak, and enters the merchant's chambers. While they are busy, the merchant's servant replaces the sugar with dust. The wife returns home none the wiser, leaves the bundle, and goes to fetch her pot. When her husband exclaims that there is nothing but dirt in her cloak, the wife understands that she was swindled. She fetches a seive, and claims that she was kicked by a cow on the way home, dropped everything in the dirt, and must now sift the particles apart. Her husband believes her and sifts the dust.
| Critical Literature |
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| Nishimura (2001), Epstein (1967), Clouston (1884) |
| Zuchara appears in the following versions and secondary versions |
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| Zuchara is narrated in the following occurrences |
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| Zuchara appears in the following manuscripts |
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