The unlucky hunt

Motif

The unlucky hunt.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · The wonderful hunt. · view the constellation · filed as X1110.1

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IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 313.

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Hunter shoots ram-rod full of ducks Hunter catches fish in boots while wading Man lays bag by fencehole and all the hares run into it Large bag of frozen raccoons taken by hunter. (Cf. X1130.3.)The breathing tree. Hunter cuts down tree packed full of animals. The tree is so full of animals that a crack in tree opens as animals inhale, closes when they exhale Miscellaneous stories of plentiful game

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