Seller of fox skins mixes otter skins with them. Thinks to cheat the buyer

Motif

Seller of fox skins mixes otter skins with them. Thinks to cheat the buyer.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish bargains. · view the constellation · filed as J2083.3

Cited in the index

general Type 1300*.

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Filed under The foolish attempt to cheat the buyer.

Filed beside it

One-third for the price of one-fourth. In the grain sale the fool sells a third of a cask for the price of a fourth, thinking that he is cheating the buyer Two for the price of one. The fool sells two fox-skins pulled into each other Ten for the price of nine. A fool buys nine eggs and sells ten for the same price. He says that business is improving A heaping measure given for a level measure Selling more yards of goods for the money than they received

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