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Motif

Borrower's absurdities.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · One absurdity rebukes another. · view the constellation · filed as J1531

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  • general England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman.
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Filed under One absurdity rebukes another.

3 finer motifs beneath it
The transformed golden pumpkin. Borrower of golden pumpkin returns a brass pumpkin and claims that the gold has turned to brass. The lender takes the borrower's son and returns with an ape. He claims that the boy has turned into an ape The iron-eating mice. Trustee claims that mice have eaten the iron scales confided to him. The host abducts the trustee's son and says that a falcon has carried him off The pot has a child and dies. A borrower returns a pot along with a small one saying that the pot has had a young one. The pots are accepted. He borrows the pot a second time and keeps it. He sends word that the pot has died
Filed beside it
Adulteress's absurdity rebuked Absurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.) Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream Ruler's absurdity rebuked One absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous
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