The constellation
J2127 Looking for the hole. Numskull is to carry a can of oil with especial care since it has a little hole in it. In order to find the hole he turns the can about and lets all the oil run out
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- Drying snow on the stove · J2121 entry
- Candle put in the stove to dry: melts · J2122 entry
- Sunlight carried into windowless house in baskets. When this plan does not succeed, they gradually pull down the house to get light · J2123 entry
- Putting the fish aside for Easter. They are put in one big pool, but an eel eats them up · J2124 entry
- Guarding chickens from the fox. Numskull ties their beaks and weights them down in the river with stones · J2125 entry
- Numskull to water roots of tree. Digs up the tree to find the roots · J2126 entry
- Disregard of danger to objects or animals – miscellaneous · J2129 entry