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Motifs — first 20 of 53
- Magic rain makes people foolish. All on whom it falls act like fools. (Cf. D902.) D1353.1
- Quest for the greatest of fools. H1312
- Fools learn to be peaceable. Two fools in the habit of striking people are brought together when they strike each other until they appreciate the value of peace. J24
- Wisdom from fools. J156
- King questions six doctors: what must you most marvel at on earth? That those who are most respected are the biggest fools. J171.2.4
- Noseless man persuades fools to cut off noses. J758.1.1
- Dividing three fish among two men. Fools submit problem to trickster who solves problem by taking third fish himself. J1241.3
- Man calls Saints Peter and Paul fools for enduring poverty if rich abbots can reach heaven, too. J1263.4.2
- The same company of fools. An abbot calls the monks together and asks, "Whom from all you fools can I appoint as steward?" A monk answers, "That should not be difficult since an abbot was found from the same company of fools." J1265.3
- The fools in the city. Man ordered to number the fools in the city replies, "It is easier to number the wise men." J1443
- Fools. J1700
- Town (country) of fools. J1703
- Association with fools. J1710
- Association of wise men with fools. J1714
- The wise man and the rain of fools. A wise man is persuaded to taste water which has turned many persons into fools. He also becomes a fool. J1714.2
- When with fools, act foolish. A wise man refuses to join a foolish crowd who stayed out in an unexpected rain after a long drought. He is punished by them for being a fool. J1714.3
- Forty wise men foretell violent rainstorm. Failing to convince people, they go into a cave. After the shower they come out. The people call them fools. J1714.3.1
- A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table. J1715
- Fools and the unknown animal. J1736
- Fools do not know what a crayfish is. Shoot it and build a rampart around it. J1736.1