The local moon. Numskull greets old moon as if it were new. "I haven't seen it before, for I have just come to the city." (Each town thought to have a different moon.)

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The local moon. Numskull greets old moon as if it were new. "I haven't seen it before, for I have just come to the city." (Each town thought to have a different moon.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd scientific theories. · Absurd astronomical theories. · view the constellation · filed as J2271.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 218 No. 52

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Filed under Absurd theories concerning the moon.

Filed beside it

What becomes of the old moon? Numskulls try to throw the moon over a cliff Numskulls attempt to capture moon and bring it home in a sledge. They get to the top of the hill a few minutes too late to reach it

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