Fool deceived into curing headache by removing his eyes

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Fool deceived into curing headache by removing his eyes.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception through false doctoring. · view the constellation · filed as K1011.1

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Filed under Eye-remedy. Under pretence of curing eyesight the trickster blinds the dupe. (Often with a glowing mass thrust into the eye.)

Filed beside it

Ashes as remedy for sore eyes

Carried in tale types

Curing Fever by Dipping into Well · ATU 1349L*2 recorded variants

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