Fool sows his mother's seed rice on other people's fields

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Fool sows his mother's seed rice on other people's fields.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Disregard of danger to objects (or animals). · view the constellation · filed as J2129.8

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Disregard of danger to objects or animals – miscellaneous.

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