More than one swallow to make a summer. Spendthrift youth seeing swallow concludes that summer has come and sells his clothes. There is frost the next day and he is cold

Motif

More than one swallow to make a summer. Spendthrift youth seeing swallow concludes that summer has come and sells his clothes. There is frost the next day and he is cold.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in provision for live. · Forethought in provision for clothing. · view the constellation · filed as J731.1

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 70 (ET 348), 122 (ST 316)
general Halm Aesop No. 304.

Within the index

Filed under Do not discard clothing till cold weather is over.

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