Wise and foolish wish: help in whatever one is doing. One gets help in work, other in striking his wife (etc.)

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Wise and foolish wish: help in whatever one is doing. One gets help in work, other in striking his wife (etc.).

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd wishes. · view the constellation · filed as J2073.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Jamaica Beckwith MAFLS XVII 262 No. 65.

Within the index

Filed under Wise and foolish wish: keep doing all day what you begin. One begins pulling linen out of a box; other in anger begins throwing water on the pig and must do so all day.

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