Man tells Jesus he is sowing stones. "You shall get stones." Why peas do not soften in boiling

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Man tells Jesus he is sowing stones. "You shall get stones." Why peas do not soften in boiling.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Plant characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2721.3.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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EsthonianAarne FFC XXV 152 No. 78
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3016.
general cf. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 96 No. 124

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Filed under Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person.

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Farmer tells begging monk that potatoes are hard as stones: why potatoes are hard

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