Relieving the beast of burden

Motif

Relieving the beast of burden.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Absurd sympathy for animals or objects. · view the constellation · filed as J1874

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Filed under Absurd sympathy for animals or objects.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Rider takes the meal-sack on his shoulder to relieve the ass of his burden Man puts bag of meal on one side of saddle, balances it on the other side with a rock

Filed beside it

Filling cracks with butter. Numskull sees cracks in the ground and feels so sorry for them that he greases them with the butter he is taking home Creaking limbs. Numskull hears limbs creaking in the wind. He is sorry for them and holds them apart. While he is caught between them his enemies take advantage of him Animals or objects kept warm Objects ascribed human feelings Absurd sympathy for animals or objects – miscellaneous

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