Absurd ignorance about milking animals. (Cf. J1903.2.)

Motif

Absurd ignorance about milking animals. (Cf. J1903.2.)

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 J1905

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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 feast Fools try to milk male ass Divided 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 her Fool asks owner of oxen why he does not milk them since he is not working them Trying to have cows make curds before being milked Cow killed in order to get all the milk at once. (Cf. J2129.3.)

Filed beside it

Absurd ignorance concerning the laying of eggs Absurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggs Absurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinking Absurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be kept Absurd ignorance about slaughtering animals Absurd attempt to change animal nature Absurd disregard of animal's nature or habits – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

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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