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Motif

Absurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be kept.

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 J1904

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Filed under Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Cow (hog) taken to roof to graze The pent cuckoo. Fools build an enclosure to keep in the cuckoo. She flies over the hedge. They say that they have not built the hedge high enough Hogs made to sleep in trees to cure their filthy habits. All are killed Nest built in tree for fish
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Absurd ignorance concerning the laying of eggs Absurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggs Absurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinking Absurd ignorance about milking animals. (Cf. J1903.2.) Absurd ignorance about slaughtering animals Absurd attempt to change animal nature Absurd disregard of animal's nature or habits – miscellaneous

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