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The Snow-Child. (Modus Leibinc.) A sailor's wife bears a son in his absence and says that it came from eating snow. Later the husband makes away with the boy who, he says, melted in the sun
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Borrower's absurditiesAbsurdities 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 upstreamRuler's absurdity rebukedOne absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous

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