Bitten by the sheep. Man caught just as he knocks sheep in the head: The sheep bit me (or: I'm not going to let sheep butt me to death)

Motif

Bitten by the sheep. Man caught just as he knocks sheep in the head: The sheep bit me (or: I'm not going to let sheep butt me to death).

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Retorts concerning thefts. · view the constellation · filed as J1391.3.1

Filed across the traditions

U.S. *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under The sheep's teeth. Two thieves caught with stolen sheep. One says that he told the other than sheep have lower teeth but no upper, and that they caught the sheep to see.

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