Literal fool – additional motifs.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Literal fools. · Literal fool – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J2499
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"Till the front sweats." A mother orders her daughter to knead the dough until the front of the oven (stirn) sweats. She does so till her forehead (stirn) sweats Not naked but with a hood on. She confesses that she has had relations with the priest Fool admits crime but pleads mistakes in the details of the accusation Brings back all stolen cattle possible. Simple monk eats all he can of abbey's stolen cattle so as to bring them back home "God is everywhere." Fool therefore trusts that he is in angry elephant Conventional greeting phrase taken literally: "Come and share it." Three stupid sons sent out into the world to learn trades: hunter kills his father; musician plays and dances at his father's death, etc
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Clothing the servant. The master is to clothe the servant (at his expense). The servant insists that his master shall put on his clothes for him Putting fear into him. A plaintiff insists that the judge shall put some fear into the defendant debtor. The judge puts his fingers over the eyes of the defendant and cries, "Boo! Now give him his money." Names of dogs literally interpreted. The names are "The Shepherd" and "Get the stick". When the man calls his dogs to dinner, the thief thinks that he is telling the shepherd to get a stick Getting a box on the ears. The man, advised to cure his wife with a box on the ears, goes to the pharmacy and gets one. He cures his wife Religious words or exercises interpreted with absurd literalness "I don't know" thought to be a person's name. A man in a country that cannot speak his language hears "I don't know" so frequently that he thinks it must be the name of the owner of all the places he inquires about "Honey is sweet." A wayward son, asked by his mother to give her a sweet word, thus answers Repeating the ceremony. Fool told to repeat part of the ceremony at baptism persists absurdly in repeating every remark
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