The constellation
J2661 Bungling fool has succession of accidents
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- Bungling fool · J2650 entry
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- The fool accidentally kills his child and loses the body · J2661.1 entry
- The fool seeks a midwife. Accidentally strikes the dog dead, drowns the midwife, and kills the child · J2661.2 entry
- One woman to catch squirrel; the other to get the cooking pot. One falls from the tree and kills herself; the other breaks the pot · J2661.3 entry
- The boy's disasters. Foolishly kills his horse and throws his axe into the lake to kill a duck. Undresses to recover axe. Clothes stolen. Goes into barrel of tar to hide. In tar and feathers · J2661.4 entry