Why hare's nose is closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2238.1.)

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Why hare's nose is closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2238.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2335.2.4

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Filed under Nature of animal's nose. (Cf. A2213.4.3.)

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Why deer has white mark on nose. From white ashes Why lynx has short, blunt nose Why raven has nose marked as if it had been broken off Why steer has no hair on his nose. (Cf. A2221.5.1.)

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Rabbit (frog) eats seed-grain from fields: nose closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2335.2.4.)

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