Fool exchanges his wife with ox; thinks something to be wrong with her head (she has been marked with red at the parting of her hair)

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Fool exchanges his wife with ox; thinks something to be wrong with her head (she has been marked with red at the parting of her hair).

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish bargains. · view the constellation · filed as J2081.3

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Foolish bargain: progressive type.

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Foolish bargain: horse for cow, cow for hog, etc. Finally nothing left Foolish bargain: good fish for worthless shell; shell with pearl in it for small fish Fools sent to buy cow procure a monkey instead

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