Clock ticking thought to be gnawing of mice

Motif

Clock ticking thought to be gnawing of mice.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J1789.2

Cited in the index

general Type 1323*
general Christensen DF XLVII 187.

Within the index

Filed under Things thought at night to be other frightful object.

Filed beside it

Windmill thought to be holy cross (church, God)

Carried in tale types

The Ticking of a Clock Thought to be the Gnawing of Mice · ATU 1321D* 1 recorded variant

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