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

Motif

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.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd wishes. · view the constellation · filed as J2073.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 750A
general *Fb "ønske" III 1179a
general *BP II 214
general *Dh II 140ff.

Within the index

Filed under Same wishes used wisely and foolishly. Given to two persons with opposite results.

1 finer motif beneath it

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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