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.)

Motif

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.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd ignorance. · Absurd ignorance. · view the constellation · filed as J1747

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Italian Novella*Rotunda.

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Filed under Absurd ignorance.

Filed beside it

Hero does not learn his name until after first adventure The city person ignorant of the farm 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 Absurd ignorance of the use of spectacles

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Literal following of instructions about greetings. Numskull gives wrong greeting and is told how to give the correct one. When he tries it, however, the conditions are wrong

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