so the wedding was celebrated on the appointed day, and when the young wife went out of doors to see the bridegroom’s property, hans took off his sunday coat and put on his patched smock-frock and said, "i might spoil my good coat." then together they went out and wherever a boundary line came in sight, or fields and meadows were divided from each other, hans pointed with his finger and then slapped either a large or a small patch on his smock-frock, and said, "that patch is mine, and that too, my dearest, just look at it," meaning thereby that his wife should not stare at the broad land, but look at his garment, which was his own.