Three brothers take turns using mule. None of them feeds him, supposing that the others have. The mule dies

Motif

Three brothers take turns using mule. None of them feeds him, supposing that the others have. The mule dies.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Fatal disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as J1914.2

Cited in the index

general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 575.

Within the index

Filed under Horse taught to live without food. Dies.

Filed beside it

The underfed warhorse. Fails in the war

Carried in tale types

The Communal Mule · ATU 1682** 1 recorded variant

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