Sickle punished by being tied in top of a tree. The men hang themselves in the attempt

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Sickle punished by being tied in top of a tree. The men hang themselves in the attempt.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Animal or object absurdly punished. · view the constellation · filed as J1865.1

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CheremisSebeok-Nyerges.

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Filed under Sickle punished by drowning. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man. It is drowned.

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