Why the sow was muddy. A magpie is punished by his master, who throws him into a mud puddle. The magpie sees a muddy sow. He says, "You also must have had a quarrel with your master."

Motif

Why the sow was muddy. A magpie is punished by his master, who throws him into a mud puddle. The magpie sees a muddy sow. He says, "You also must have had a quarrel with your master."

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd lack of logic. · Logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions. · view the constellation · filed as J2211.2

Filed across the traditions

U.S. Baughman.
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 669

Within the index

Filed under Differences in animal nature overlooked.

Filed beside it

Frogs reprove ass for lamenting when he falls into morass. "What would you do if you had to live here always?" The murderous master. Dogs flee from their master because in time of famine he has killed his cattle. If he kills the cattle, he will surely kill the dogs Ass brays on hearing a conch shell. Owner thinks he must have been a saint in a former life

Carried in tale types

The Talking Parrot (previously Magpie Tells why Sow is Muddy) · ATU 237 1 recorded variant

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