Thankful numskull puts money in the anus of sheep which he supposes has helped him

Motif

Thankful numskull puts money in the anus of sheep which he supposes has helped him.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Gift or sale to animal (or object). · view the constellation · filed as J1851.4

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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 Christensen DF XLVII 221 No. 84.

Within the index

Filed under Gift to animal or object.

Filed beside it

Gifts to frogs Gifts to birds. Numskulls hear birds calling and give them gifts Gift to object

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