Cuckoo builds nest on Annunciation Day: has no nest. (Cf. A2431.2.1.)

Motif

Cuckoo builds nest on Annunciation Day: has no nest. (Cf. A2431.2.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2231.3.1

Cited in the index

general Dh II 6.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: punishment for working on holy day.

Filed beside it

Bees work on Sabbath: may not get honey from red clover. (Cf. A2435.5.1.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Why cuckoo has no nest. (Cf. A2231.3.1.)

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