Numskull cannot find ass he is sitting on

Motif

Numskull cannot find ass he is sitting on.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd absent-mindedness. · Inability to find own members, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J2022

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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general *Type 1288A
general *BP III 150
general Christensen DF XLVII 182.

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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.)Numskull doesn't recognize his own horse. Finds it only when the rest ride away and he takes the only one left Numskull rides backward. "I didn't get on backward but the horse seems to be left-handed."Inability to find object one is carrying Fools try to fight with man inside of drum who seems to make the noise. Are really pounding each other Opium-smoker on journey asks his way about; ends up at his own house

Carried in tale types

Numskull Cannot Find the Donkey he Is Sitting On · ATU 1288A1 recorded variant

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