M157C. You're chickens and I'm a rooster. .13.14.17.23.27.29.30.33.
To embarrass the character, others present pre-stored chicken eggs that the character doesn't have. He (crows and) says that there are chickens around him and only he is a rooster.
Malgashi, Arabs of Libya, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kashmiris, Macedonians, Abazins, Dargins, Avars, Turks, Tajiks, Karakalpaks.
Sudan-East Africa. Malgashi (entankarana) [two of the leader's servants are looking for his missing duck; they spoke to the boy Ngano, brought him to the chief; he orders to repair the broken pot and mirror, N. requires a rope for this purpose made of stone and a vessel with tears; the leader agrees with the audience that everyone will have an egg with them; N. crows: he is the rooster from which the chickens laid eggs; the leader orders to milk the bull, N. says that he is not maybe his father is giving birth, he must help; the leader orders to bring four fools, N. leads; one wonders why his wife died 4 years ago; the second carries firewood himself, although he could load the horse; the third tries to milk the bull, the fourth tries to make a rope out of smoke; the leader promises N. a reward if he stays in the water all night; refuses to give it, because N.'s mother made a fire on the shore at night; in response, N. He pretends to cook by placing the pot far from the fire; N. goes to the forest and sets up his own farm there; he is the ancestor of smart people]: Haring 1982, no. 1.6.921:210-211.
North Africa. The Arabs of Libya [Harun al-Rashid promises a thousand dinars to someone who will stay naked at the top of the minaret all night; Abu Nuwas fulfills the condition; H. refuses to pay because there is a light in the distance; A. calls him to visit, hangs the cauldron on a palm tree, makes a fire on the ground; then H. gives all the servants an egg, telling them to show the egg at the signal; A. does not have an egg, he crows (making it clear that he is not a chicken, but rooster)]: Nowak 1969, #377:322.
Western Asia. Syrian Arabs [Harun al-Rashid gave 100 courtiers an egg - let everyone put them under themselves when everyone is ready; when Abu Nuwas came, HR demanded that everyone present tear him down egg; AN cried: 100 chickens need at least one rooster; XP gave Abu Nuvas a hundred gold coins for his witty answer]: Bushnaq 1987:276; Palestinians, Lebanon, Iraq [Harun al-Rashid promises a thousand dinars to someone who stays naked at the top of the minaret all night; Abu Nuwas fulfills the condition; H. refuses to pay because there was a light in the distance; A. calls him to visit, hangs the cauldron on a palm tree, makes a fire on the ground; then H. gives all the servants an egg, telling them to show the egg at a signal; A. does not have an egg, he crows (making it clear that he is not a chicken, but a rooster)]: Nowak 1969, No. 377:322; Arabs- Christians in Lebanon ("The stories are written in the dialect of the Christians of Beirut") [Harun Ir Rashid gave a hundred eggs to a hundred men and told them to sit down; warned: "When Abu Nuwas comes, I will say that everyone should lay an egg"; when the NA came, XP did so; AN began to crow and then explained, "Oh my lord, don't you need at least one rooster for a hundred chickens?" ; XP was pleased, awarded AN]: Huxley 1902, No. 100:239.
South Asia. Kashmiris [to destroy Bir Bala (Hindu vizier under Shah Akbar), eight ministers agreed to jump into the pool and get something from the bottom as a sign of loyalty to the ruler; to do this, they took a pre-cooked egg; whoever fails to show the egg will show a lack of devotion; when ministers showed the eggs, BB began to crow: if they are chickens, I am a rooster, their master; SHA rewarded him]: Haughton 1913:308-309.
The Balkans. The Macedonians [little Petre was hired as a farmhand for Nasreddin Khoja; he told all the students at school to bring eggs and then cackle; each would have an egg; Petra did not have a yats at home; he he sang with a rooster and said that chickens can't live without a rooster]: Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1991:361.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Abazins [Khoja: I don't go to a mosque without decent clothes; he is told that God allows anyone with three robes to go; Khoja wore a hat, shirt and galoshes, came without pants; Efendi indignant; in order to disgrace Khoja, he tells everyone to bring a chicken egg; tells the prayers that whoever is without an egg will not accept the prayer; Khoja crows: since all chickens, I am a rooster]: Tugov 1985, No. 129:343 -344; Dargin residents [Mullah Nasredin always made people laugh; he is asked not to make them laugh in the mosque on Juma Day, promising to bring an egg from each of them; while praying, MN climbed onto the minaret and cried: how can I not crow if there are so many chickens (bringing eggs) around; another time he was promised as much grain; MN brought a dog loaded with bags like a donkey; replies that after praying he will not be able to determine whoever went to the mosque and promised grain, so wants to get the grain right away]: Osmanov 1963:90; Avars [the rich ask the kadia to figure out how to get rid of Nasreddin; he tells everyone to bring to the mosque a chicken egg, and he will say that true Muslims must lay an egg; N. will not have an egg, he will be declared a gyaur and killed; everyone showed eggs, N. cried: how can chickens do without a rooster?] : Osmanov 1972, No. 64:77-78; Turks [the guys took me to the bathhouse; quietly took an egg with them: whoever does not lay, let him pay for everyone; Khoja began to crow: there is always a rooster with chickens]: Gordlevsky 1957, No. 33:29-30.
Iran - Central Asia. Tajiks [to laugh at Nasreddin Afandi, the padishah ordered 40 courtiers to take a chicken egg and, after diving into the pool, hide their eggs there; N. calls to the pool: whoever misses the egg will stay in water for a day; N. started shouting "Ku-ka-re-ku!" : so many chickens need at least one rooster t]: Amonov, Ulug-zade 1957:404.
Turkestan. Karakalpaks [before that, the courtiers conspired to bring an egg; offer to play chicken coop: whoever does not have an egg has lost; they ask Omirbek where his egg is; O.: in the chicken coop there must be at least one rooster]: Privalov 1970:131.