[First Edition: J1533.1. Absurdity: mill has given birth to calf. – Oats planted on sea-shore for fish to eat.]

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[First Edition: J1533.1. Absurdity: mill has given birth to calf. – Oats planted on sea-shore for fish to eat.]

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · One absurdity rebukes another. · view the constellation · filed as J1533.1[1st ed.]

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general *BP II 371.

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Filed under Absurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.)

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