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Motif

The city person ignorant of the farm.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1731

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Filed under Absurd ignorance.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The city girl: Do turnips grow in the ground or on trees? Man wants roasted honeycomb. Unwilling to admit that he does not know what a honeycomb is, a stupid man asks the innkeeper's wife to roast a slice of honeycomb
Filed beside it
Hero does not learn his name until after first adventure Ignorance of certain foods Why the pigs shriek. The sheep does not understand why the pig being carried to slaughter shrieks Layman's ignorance of medicine Fool cannot tell his right hand in the dark Fools and the unknown animal Foolish lover ignorant of mistress's flaws Ignorance of religious matters Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin The countryman in the great world Ignorance of dates Ignorance of marriage relations Absurd ignorance of sex Ignorance of reading The archbishop's wife and family. Fool asks what he is to talk about when guests arrive. Is told: "Their wives and family." He asks the archbishop about his family. (Cf. J2461.2.) Absurd ignorance of the use of spectacles

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