Measuring the tower by piling up hampers. They place hampers on top of one another. The fool has them take out the two on the bottom

Motif

Measuring the tower by piling up hampers. They place hampers on top of one another. The fool has them take out the two on the bottom.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2133.6.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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SpanishBoggs FFC XC 141 No. 1703, Espinosa III 147
general Africa (Ashanti): Werner African 125.

Within the index

Filed under Wolves climb on top of one another to tree: lowest runs away and all fall.

Carried in tale types

Hampers Piled up to Measure Tower · ATU 1250A1 recorded variant

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