The constellation
J2301 Gullible husbands. (Cf. J2311.0.1., J2311.2, J2311.7, J2312, J2313, J2314, J2315, J2316, J2324, J2331.)
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- Gullible fools · J2300 entry
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- Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead. (Cf. J2301.) · J2311.0.1 entry
- The "poisoned" pot. The wife tells the husband that a certain pot of preserves is poison. He decides to kill himself and eats the preserves. He believes that he is poisoned and lies down for dead · J2311.2 entry
- Cold hands and feet for the dead man. His wife has told him that one tells a dead person by his cold hands and feet. He freezes his feet and hands and lies down for dead. Wolves eat his ass. "Lucky for you that his master is dead!" · J2311.7 entry
- Naked person made to believe that he is clothed · J2312 entry
- Layman made to believe that he is a monk · J2314 entry
- Wife persuades husband that she has returned immediately. She goes to a neighbor's to cook a fish. She is gone a week. She gets a new fish and cooks it and returns home with the hot fish. She convinces her husband of her short absence · J2315 entry
- Husband made to believe that his house has moved during his absence. The wife and her confederates transform the house into an inn with tables, signs, drinkers, etc. The husband cannot find his house · J2316 entry
- Wife persuades her husband to have a good tooth pulled · J2324 entry
- Numskull with unimportant office boasts of it · J2331 entry
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