Husband makes wife and mother-in-law believe he will bear a sheep. His wife was pregnant when he married her

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Husband makes wife and mother-in-law believe he will bear a sheep. His wife was pregnant when he married her.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Gullible fools. · Nature of gullibility. · view the constellation · filed as J2321.3

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Filed under Man made to believe that he is pregnant (has borne child).

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Parson made to believe that he will bear a calf. In having his urine examined by a doctor, a cow's is substituted by mistake. (Or he dreams that he has borne a calf.) When a calf comes into the house he thinks that he has borne it. (Cf. J1734.1, K1955.2.)Man thinks he has given birth to a child by letting wind

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