Flea and fever exchange night-lodgings. Flea had attacked abbess and been chased all night; fever, a washerwoman who nearly froze it to death by going to the river and washing clothes. They exchange and succeed

Motif

Flea and fever exchange night-lodgings. Flea had attacked abbess and been chased all night; fever, a washerwoman who nearly froze it to death by going to the river and washing clothes. They exchange and succeed.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Forethought in conflict with others – general. · view the constellation · filed as J612.1

Cited in the index

general *Crane Vitry 159 No. 59
general *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XV 105
general Wesselski Mönchslatein 87 No. 75
general Alphabet No. 15
general Scala Celi No. 430.

Within the index

Filed under Wise man considers whom he is attacking.

Carried in tale types

The Flea and the Fly · ATU 282A* 1 recorded variant

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