Literal numskull kisses a pig. Told that he should have kissed the old woman

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Literal numskull kisses a pig. Told that he should have kissed the old woman.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Literal fools. · Literal obedience. · view the constellation · filed as J2461.2.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general *Type 1696
general *BP III 145.

Within the index

Filed under Literal following of instructions about greetings. Numskull gives wrong greeting and is told how to give the correct one. When he tries it, however, the conditions are wrong.

Filed beside it

Fool learns to repeat commonplace expressions: by chance thus scares off wife's suitors

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