Alarm sounded foolishly

Motif

Alarm sounded foolishly.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2199.1

Within the index

Filed under Absurd shortsightedness – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Fool rings bell to announce that he has won at chess. No one comes when he rings to save his home from fire Woman to sound bell for help in childbirth persuaded to sound false alarms: not heeded when help is needed

Filed beside it

Persons build a wheelbarrow too large to come out of shed Nine men try to lift bull over the fence. One gets the idea of taking it through the gate. (Cf. J2171.6.) Short-sighted economy

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