Numskull tries to hatch out a calf from a cheese

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Numskull tries to hatch out a calf from a cheese.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits. · view the constellation · filed as J1902.2

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general *BP I 317.

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Filed under Absurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggs.

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Numskull sits on eggs to finish the hatching. Cautions people to be quiet and not frighten the eggs. (Sometimes puts on honey and feathers before sitting on the eggs.)

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