Man strikes off donkey's head to punish it

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Man strikes off donkey's head to punish it.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Remedies worse than the disease. · view the constellation · filed as J2113.1

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India*Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Getting the calf's head out of the pot. A calf gets its head caught in a pot. A fool cuts off the calf's head and then breaks the pot to get it out.

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