Owl's hoot misunderstood by lost simpleton

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Owl's hoot misunderstood by lost simpleton.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · Physical phenomena misunderstood. · view the constellation · filed as J1811.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Wesselski Bebel II 158 No. 183. Cf. BP II 535.

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Filed under Animal cries misunderstood.

1 finer motif beneath it

The old maid answers the owl's hoot, saying "Anybody, Lord!" or giving the name of the young man she wants. (Cf. X750.3.)

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