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J2133 Numskull falls
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- Camel with ass on his back dances. Falls and is killed · J2133.1 entry
- Monkey jumps over a ravine with his sword girded on. Falls to his death · J2133.2 entry
- Cat crawls to steeple and tries to fly. Falls · J2133.3 entry
- Numskull cuts off tree-limb on which he sits · J2133.4 entry
- Men hang down in a chain until top man spits on his hands. They all fall · J2133.5 entry
- Wolves climb on top of one another to tree: lowest runs away and all fall · J2133.6 entry
- Intruding wolf falls down chimney and kills himself · J2133.7 entry
- Stargazer falls into well · J2133.8 entry
- Blind leading blind falls into pit · J2133.9 entry
- Monkey jumps into water after a butterfly · J2133.10 entry
- Hedgehog and crab jump from boat after turtle. They fall on floating leather · J2133.11 entry
- Woman tries to climb rope of excrement and urine. (Cf. H1021.1.) · J2133.12 entry
- Fool dangling from tree by hands tries to clap them together: falls · J2133.13 entry
- Fool re-enacts the accident. Falls and injures self and others. (Cf. J2062.) · J2133.14 entry