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 perilWholesome food for the day of hanging. A man about to be hanged is very particular about his bread lest it impair his healthHaving 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 himselfHang me right away so I can get back to work
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Short-sightedness in dressingShort-sighted use of fireCarrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.)Short-sightedness in rowingCarrying 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 downShort-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantagePorridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in anotherThe slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening beforeShort-sightedness in carpentryShort-sightedness in caring for live-stockShort-sighted fool loses his foodShort-sightedness in dealing with childrenFool lets wine run in the cellar. He (she) falls into a study (or chases a dog) while the spigot is openNo 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 feastBurning 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 charterA fleeing fox loses an eye in the briars. Returns the next day and eats it, thinking that it tastes like chicken
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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."