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How much water is in the sea? Stop all the rivers and I will measure it.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of weight and measure. · view the constellation · filed as H696.1.1

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Filed across the traditions
  • Japanese Ikeda.
  • general Anderson FFC XLII 134
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Filed under Riddle: how much water is in the sea?

Filed beside it
How much water is in the sea? So and so much, and if you don't believe it, go measure it yourself How much water is in the sea? A tub-full if the tub is large enough How many measures of water are in the river?
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Riddle: how many drops in the sea. (Cf. H696.1.1.)

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