Air-castle: to sell hide of sleeping deer. In his excitement he wakes the deer, who runs off

Motif

Air-castle: to sell hide of sleeping deer. In his excitement he wakes the deer, who runs off.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd plans. · view the constellation · filed as J2061.3

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The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *BP III 265.

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Filed under Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought.

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Air-castle: the jar of honey to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the jar Air-castle: pail of milk to be sold. Proud milkmaid tosses her head (or kicks the pail in her sleep) and spills the milk Toad having found money daydreams and is run over

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