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

6 finer motifs beneath it
Fool does not milk cow for a month so that she will give plenty for a feastFools try to milk male assDivided ownership of cow. The brother who owns the front end tries to drive the cow and will not let the owner of the rear end milk herFool asks owner of oxen why he does not milk them since he is not working themTrying to have cows make curds before being milkedCow killed in order to get all the milk at once. (Cf. J2129.3.)
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Absurd ignorance concerning the laying of eggsAbsurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggsAbsurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinkingAbsurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be keptAbsurd ignorance about slaughtering animalsAbsurd attempt to change animal natureAbsurd disregard of animal's nature or habits – miscellaneous
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Numskull puts the milk back. When the customer refuses to take the milk he puts it back into the goat's mouth so that it will flow back into the udder

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