Young wife pulls out his gray hairs; old wife his black. Soon all are gone.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Remedies worse than the disease. · view the constellation · filed as J2112.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Jewish Neuman
- India Thompson-Balys.
- general *Chauvin II 128 No. 134
- general Fb "hår" IV 241b
- general Crane Vitry 215 No. 201
- general *Herbert III 16
- general Wienert FFC LVI 82 (ET 489), 129 (ST 372)
- general Halm Aesop No. 56
Within the index
Filed under Gray hair cured by pulling it out so that the person is bald.
Carried in tale types
- Polygynist Man Loses his Beard · ATU 1394 1 recorded variant
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