The constellation
J2165 Carrying load up hill to roll it down. Fools carry log (millstone) down hill. They realize that they might have rolled it down. They therefore carry it back up hill to roll it down
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Other short-sighted acts · J2160 entry
carried in tale type
- Wood is Carried Down the Hill · ATU 1243
filed beside
- Short-sightedness in dressing · J2161 entry
- Short-sighted use of fire · J2162 entry
- Carrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.) · J2163 entry
- Short-sightedness in rowing · J2164 entry
- Short-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantage · J2166 entry
- Porridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in another · J2167 entry
- The slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening before · J2168 entry
- Short-sightedness in carpentry · J2171 entry
- Short-sightedness in caring for live-stock · J2172 entry
- Short-sighted fool loses his food · J2173 entry