Numskull asks doctor which leg (own) is hurting him

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Numskull asks doctor which leg (own) is hurting him.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Inability to find own members, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J2021.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda
general Nouvelles Récréations No. 11.

Within the index

Filed under Numskulls cannot find their own legs. A stranger helps them with a switch. (Usually get them mixed up when they sit down to bathe their feet.)

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