The constellation
J2493 Names of dogs literally interpreted. The names are "The Shepherd" and "Get the stick". When the man calls his dogs to dinner, the thief thinks that he is telling the shepherd to get a stick
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The same sky, in words
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- Literal fool – miscellaneous · J2490 entry
carried in tale type
- The Man and his Dogs · ATU 1530*
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- Clothing the servant. The master is to clothe the servant (at his expense). The servant insists that his master shall put on his clothes for him · J2491 entry
- Putting fear into him. A plaintiff insists that the judge shall put some fear into the defendant debtor. The judge puts his fingers over the eyes of the defendant and cries, "Boo! Now give him his money." · J2492 entry
- Getting a box on the ears. The man, advised to cure his wife with a box on the ears, goes to the pharmacy and gets one. He cures his wife · J2494 entry
- Religious words or exercises interpreted with absurd literalness · J2495 entry
- "I don't know" thought to be a person's name. A man in a country that cannot speak his language hears "I don't know" so frequently that he thinks it must be the name of the owner of all the places he inquires about · J2496 entry
- "Honey is sweet." A wayward son, asked by his mother to give her a sweet word, thus answers · J2497 entry
- Repeating the ceremony. Fool told to repeat part of the ceremony at baptism persists absurdly in repeating every remark · J2498 entry
- Literal fool – additional motifs · J2499 entry