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Motif

Foolish mother does not understand how babies cry. Wrings the child's neck.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Fatal disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as J1911.2

Cited in the index
  • general Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 406 No. 3.
Within the index

Filed under Nature of a baby misunderstood.

Filed beside it
Numskull does not understand about baby's skull. Sticks needle through it

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