Numskulls try to get pears from an oaktree. They accuse each other of eating all the pears

Motif

Numskulls try to get pears from an oaktree. They accuse each other of eating all the pears.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Absurd disregard of natural laws. · view the constellation · filed as J1944.1

Cited in the index

general Wesselski Bebel II 147 No. 149.

Within the index

Filed under Trying to get fruit from fruitless tree.

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