A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table

Motif

A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Fools (general). · Association with fools. · Association with fools. · view the constellation · filed as J1715

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general Wesselski Bebel I 179 No. 25.

Within the index

Filed under Association with fools.

Filed beside it

Numskulls go a-travelling. (Cf. J1742.)Numskulls quarrel over a greeting. Three men greeted by a stranger. Quarrel as to whom he greeted. "I greeted the biggest fool among you." A contest is held in which tales are told to decide which is the biggest fool Foolish married couples. (Cf. J1701, J1702.)Association of wise men with fools Three silly pundits sent to a raja as the two-footed cattle he had demanded

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