i37D1. St. Peter spits out mushrooms, ATU 774L.

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St. Peter stealthily eats bread, and when Christ asks him what he is doing, he chokes, spits out crumbs and they turn into mushrooms.

Sicilians, Germans (Silesia, Austria), Hungarians, Slovenes, Slovaks, Poles, Kashubians, Western Ukrainians (Galicia), Lithuanians.

Southern Europe. Sicilians: Cirese, Serafini 1975, No. 774L: 176

Western Europe. Germans (south, Silesia) [general definition of the motive: a woman gives St. Peter eats bread (cake) in secret; Christ asks what Peter eats, he chokes, the bread turns into mushrooms]: Uther 2004 (1), No. 774I: 432; Germans (Austria) [at the time of the solstice of St. Peter and the Lord were hungry, the peasant gave Peter three golden donuts; they both ate one at a time, and Peter hid the third; he began to bite on the way, but every time he wanted to swallow him, the Lord said something asked, he spit out a piece; the pieces turned into chanterelle mushrooms that appeared on the summer solstice]: Steblova 1999:137.

The Balkans. Slovenes, Hungarians: Uther 2004 (1), № 774L: 432.

Central Europe. Slovaks: Uther 2004 (1), № 774L: 432; Poles, Kashubians (many fixations, popular motif) [St. Peter secretly eats a pie (placek); when Christ asks what he is doing, he spits out crumbs and mushrooms emerge]: Krzyżanowski 1963, No. 2636:188; Belarusians, Ukrainians (Galicia) [Mushrooms: St. Peter stealthily eats bread; when asked by Christ what he is doing, Peter chokes on a piece of bread and spits out crumbs that turn into mushrooms]: SUS 1979, No. 774L: 194-195.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians: Uther 2004 (1), № 774L: 432