Man buys a pennyworth of wit

Motif

Man buys a pennyworth of wit.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J163.1

Filed across the traditions

English Wells 179 (A Peniworth of Witte)
West Indies Flowers 474.
general Nouvelles de Sens No. 6

Within the index

Filed under Wisdom purchased.

Filed beside it

Man to bring wife a purseful of sense One eye exchanged for wisdom. (Odin.) Good counsels bought

Carried in tale types

Man Buys a Pennyworth of Wit · ATU 910G 1 recorded variant

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