Man to bring wife a purseful of sense

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Man to bring wife a purseful of sense.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J163.2

Cited in the index

general *Bédier Fabliaux 451.

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Filed under Wisdom purchased.

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Fool is told to get a pottle of brains. He tries to buy them. He finally learns that advice was to marry a clever girl

Filed beside it

Man buys a pennyworth of wit One eye exchanged for wisdom. (Odin.) Good counsels bought

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