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- Horse that Will Not Go over Trees.

Horse that Will Not Go over Trees. A dealer selling a horse says that it eats too much and will not go over trees. The unsuspecting buyer discovers that the horse bites everyone within reach and refuses to walk over a wooden bridge [K134.1].

K134.1

Documented in the late Middle Ages, e.g. Johannes Gobi Junior, Scala coeli (No. 697) and Mensa philosophica (IV,12).

1631

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