Spinning wheel is sent home by itself. The man asks his wife if it has arrived before him, finds that it has not. "I thought not. I came a shorter way."

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Spinning wheel is sent home by itself. The man asks his wife if it has arrived before him, finds that it has not. "I thought not. I came a shorter way."

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Animals or objects treated as if human – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1881.1.5

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Scotland *Baughman.

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Filed under Object sent to go by itself.

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Cheeses thrown down to find their way home One cheese sent after another. Numskull lets one roll down hill; sends the other to bring it back Three-legged pot sent to walk home Table thrown out of the sledge; to go home by itself Sickle laid in field and told to cut grain Fool sends letter home by a flooded river

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