M39a2d. Meat is planted.. 17.23.28.31.

Fools plant meat, horns, or bones in the hope of raising animals.

Maltese, Iraqi Arabs, Punjabi, Poles, Swedes.

Southern Europe. Maltese people [a fool intends to find out if pigs grow on trees; if he does not find such pigs and trees, he kills a pig and sows salted pieces of its meat (cured pork), expecting them to appear pigs]: Mifsud-Chircop 1978, No. 1200:466.

Western Asia. Iraqi Arabs [Planting Animals (Oxen, Sheep, Hogs, etc.) . From seeds or animal parts]: El-Shamy 2004, № 1004A§: 696-697.

South Asia. The Punjabi [the peacock and the jackal became friends; after eating the plum, the peacock sayuates the seeds, because they will grow into new plum trees; the jackal, having eaten the goat, also planted its bones in the hope raise a lot of goats; soon plums sprouted but goat seeds did not; jackal: they only germinate after a few months; peacock: sooner years, you will starve to death sooner; jackal: I don't eat plums, but those who eats plums, even like; attacked a peacock and ate it; you shouldn't be smarter than your friends]: Thompson, Roberts 1960, No. 1200:134 (referring to Steel, Temple 1884:207-208).

Central Europe. Poles [fools sow salt hoping it will sprout like grain, or they plant horns in the belief that they will grow into calves]: Krzyżanowski 1963, No. 1200:26.

Baltoscandia. Swedes [a man laughs at a pig, salts meat and buries it in the field]: Liungman 1961, No. 1200:276.