_Source_.--Halliwell, p. 149.
_Parallels_.--This is the _Hans im Glück_ of Grimm (No. 83). _Cf._ too,
“Lazy Jack,” _infra_, No. xxvii. Other variants are given by M. Cosquin,
_Contes pop. de Lorraine_, i. 241. On surprising robbers, see preceding
tale.
_Remarks_.--In some of the variants the door is carried, because Mr.
Vinegar, or his equivalent, has been told to “mind the door,” or he acts
on the principle “he that is master of the door is master of the
house.” In other stories he makes the foolish exchanges to the entire
satisfaction of his wife. (_Cf._ Cosquin, i. 156-7.)