μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • general Type 1241
  • general Christensen DF XLVII 179.
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Filed under Other absurd disregard of facts.

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White sheep-skin used as a source of lightThe yeast as an afterthought. An old woman who has forgotten to knead it in the dough throws it into the stoveThe fool puts but one stick of wood in the stove. "Several others have burned up."Tree-trunks laid crosswise of the sledgeProtected by the needle. In a storm on the ice, numskulls stick needles into the ice to keep from blowing awayThe wall accuses the crowbar. But the man who uses the crowbar is to blame for the downfall of the wallNumskull bales out the stream. He comes to a stream but not wishing to get his feet wet he sits down to wait for the stream to run down. He helps to bale the stream out with a hazelnut shell and keeps it up for monthsFoolish fight with the sea. Absurd attempt to punish seaFools try to use buffalo tongue as a knifeStupid woman swims on the roofFool tries to purify cotton by burning it (as the goldsmith does with gold)Numskulls are affected by heat from stove which has no fire in itMouth and ears stopped up lest wisdom escape
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