ATU 1288    ATU 1288   

ATU 1288: Alle volksverhalen

- Numskulls Cannot Find their Own Legs.

Numskulls Cannot Find their Own Legs. (Including the previous Type 1288*.) Numskulls (wearing trousers or stockings of the same color, being drunk) fall down in a crowd (sit side by side swinging their legs). When they want to stand up they cannot find their own legs. A stranger helps the numskulls by whipping (striking) their legs [J2021].
In some variants, a fool’s boots are stolen while he is drunk. He does not recognize his feet without boots. (Previously Type 1288*.) Cf. Type 1284.

J2021

Documented in the 15th century.

This type is usually combined with one or more other types, esp. 1200, 1210, 1245, 1247, 1250, 1286, 1287, 1319, 1326, and 1384.

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