Pulling on the shirt. The shirt is sewed together at the neck. The man's head is cut off so that the shirt can be put on him

Motif

Pulling on the shirt. The shirt is sewed together at the neck. The man's head is cut off so that the shirt can be put on him.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2161.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Type 1285
general *Fb "skjorte" III 269a
general Clouston Noodles 209
general Christensen DF L 49.

Within the index

Filed under Short-sightedness in dressing.

Filed beside it

Jumping into the breeches. Trying to draw both legs on at once Lacing the shoes. Fool laces bedcovering to shoe

Carried in tale types

Pulling on the Shirt · ATU 12851 recorded variant

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