Fool keeps repeating his instructions so as to remember them. (He usually forgets them.) — Mythoi

Motif

Fool keeps repeating his instructions so as to remember them. (He usually forgets them.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Bungling fool. · Bungling fool. · view the constellation · filed as J2671.2

Cited in the index

general *Clouston Noodles 133.

Within the index

Filed under The forgetful fool.

1 finer motif beneath it

Fool's talking to himself thought to be inappropriate greetings. He keeps repeating a word to remember it but changes it so that it seems to refer unfavorably to people whom he meets

Filed beside it

A fox or a hare? A servant is sent by his master to find a girl for him. If he returns with one he is to say, "I have a fox"; if without, "I have a hare." When he returns he has forgotten the agreement. "I don't know whether it is a fox or a hare, but the girl is down stairs Bungling fool forgets what elephant is called. Says it is an "earth egg" (confused with name for potatoes) Foolish messenger muddles message

Carried in tale types

Fool Keeps Repeating his Instructions so as to remember them · ATU 1204 1 recorded variant

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