Numskull's beard cut off: does not know himself

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Numskull's beard cut off: does not know himself.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Uncertainty about own identity. · view the constellation · filed as J2012.1

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IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 274 No. 298
general Christensen DF XLVII 27, 221 No. 83

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Woman's garments cut off: does not know herself Woman in tar and feathers does not know herself Fool in new clothes does not know himself Man does not know himself from another identically clad Fool at baths believes he is someone else. Sees everybody naked. Puts straw on his shoulder to identify himself. Straw floats to another bather. "You are me and I am you!"

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