Fool cannot answer as his mouth is full; thought to have an abscess in cheeks, allows them to be cut open

Motif

Fool cannot answer as his mouth is full; thought to have an abscess in cheeks, allows them to be cut open.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · Inappropriate action from misunderstanding. · view the constellation · filed as J1842.2

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Useless surgical operation from misunderstanding.

Filed beside it

Numskull (female devil) thinks her pubic hair has been telling her lies and pulls it out together with the skin Bird protruding from king's stomach cut out with swords: king killed Child's stomach split open to cure him of wandering

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Man with stolen fig in his mouth submits to having cheek lanced rather than open his mouth. (Cf. J1842.2.)

Carried in tale types

Which is the Greatest Fool Cf · ATU 1332 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “thought” · wander