Dividing five eggs equally between two men and one woman. Three to the woman and one each to the men. Men already have two (testicles)

Motif

Dividing five eggs equally between two men and one woman. Three to the woman and one each to the men. Men already have two (testicles).

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Clever dividing. · Clever dividing. · view the constellation · filed as J1249.1

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general *Fischer-Bolte 207.

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Filed under Clever dividing – miscellaneous.

Carried in tale types

Dividing Five Eggs Equally between Two Men and One Woman · ATU 16631 recorded variant

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