Air-castle: basket of eggs to be sold. In her excitement she breaks all the eggs

Motif

Air-castle: basket of eggs to be sold. In her excitement she breaks all the eggs.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd plans. · view the constellation · filed as J2061.1.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.
general *BP III 265
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 520
general *Fb "æg" III 1141b
general *Gerould MLN XIX 226

Within the index

Filed under Air-castle: the jar of honey to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the jar.

Filed beside it

Air-castle: basket of glassware to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the glassware Pot of flour to be sold: broken Air-castle: jar of oil to be sold

Carried in tale types

The Man and his Wife Build Air Castles · ATU 1430 1 recorded variant

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