The constellation
J1743 Ignorance of dates
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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● on the shelf
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Absurd ignorance · J1730 entry
beneath it
- All sins since the birth of Christ. A stupid man at confession says, "I confess myself guilty of all sins that I have committed since Christ's birth." "Are you so old?" "Yes, and I have a brother who is three years older than I." · J1743.1 entry
- Family do not realize that Lent has arrived until it is Palm Sunday. Then they explain that Lent will be short because it has been a short winter · J1743.2 entry
- Wash Bee Day. Woman misinterprets calendar notation "February 22, Wash. B'day." Washes their bee-hives · J1743.3 entry