Foolish demands before death.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2174
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Filed under Other short-sighted acts.
4 finer motifs beneath it
His last request: a red cap. A man about to be hanged keeps asking for his red cap which he has left in prison. He has no thought of his real peril Wholesome food for the day of hanging. A man about to be hanged is very particular about his bread lest it impair his health Having the head dressed before hanging. A man who has hurt his head in trying to hang himself has the head dressed by a doctor and then goes and hangs himself Hang me right away so I can get back to work
Filed beside it
Short-sightedness in dressing Short-sighted use of fire Carrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.) Short-sightedness in rowing Carrying load up hill to roll it down. Fools carry log (millstone) down hill. They realize that they might have rolled it down. They therefore carry it back up hill to roll it down Short-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantage Porridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in another The slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening before Short-sightedness in carpentry Short-sightedness in caring for live-stock Short-sighted fool loses his food Short-sightedness in dealing with children Fool lets wine run in the cellar. He (she) falls into a study (or chases a dog) while the spigot is open No room left for the feast. A peasant on the way to a feast drinks so much ditch-water that he has no room left for the feast Burning up the seal. Numskulls buy a charter from their lord. In celebration they get drunk and use the seal as a candle and forfeit their charter A fleeing fox loses an eye in the briars. Returns the next day and eats it, thinking that it tastes like chicken
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Fox about to be hanged asks to be allowed to see geese. (Cf. J2174.) Dwarf king (fairy) laughs at the absurdities he sees about him. (1) Sees man who is to die that day complain that his shoes are too thin. (Cf. J2174.) (2) Sees women adorn their heads when they are immoral below. (Cf. J2050.) (3) Sees man remove from his wife's garment dust gathered while she lay with another man. (Cf. J2301.3.) (4) Sees persons making plans while forgetting to say, "If God wills."
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