Man says: "That's the best horse in all England, but I have one in my stable worth ten of him. (Cf. J1743.1.)

Motif

Man says: "That's the best horse in all England, but I have one in my stable worth ten of him. (Cf. J1743.1.)

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 J2217.1

Filed across the traditions

England Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Many times the superlative.

Filed beside it

Man is describing lakes. "One is bottomless; the other is deeper than that."

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

All sins since the birth of Christ. A stupid man at confession says, "I confess myself guilty of all sins that I have committed since Christ's birth." "Are you so old?" "Yes, and I have a brother who is three years older than I."

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