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

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

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Plant characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2721.3.2

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JapaneseAnesaki Japanese Myth 252.

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Filed under Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person.

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Why potatoes are hard. (Cf. A2721.3.2.)

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