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J2175 Short-sightedness in dealing with children
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filed under
- Other short-sighted acts · J2160 entry
beneath it
- Anticipatory whipping. A schoolmaster whips his pupils to keep them from wrong-doing. He does not wait until after the deed is done · J2175.1 entry
- Scolding the drowning child instead of helping him · J2175.2 entry
- Absent-minded nurse lets child down into well instead of bucket · J2175.3 entry
- Man lets his infant son play in river. Son drowns · J2175.4 entry
- Numskull is sent to fetch children. He either smothers them during conveyance or scalds them during bathing. (Cf. J2465.4.) · J2175.5 entry
- Numskull kills his children trying to cure their illness · J2175.6 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 77