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| has gloss | eng: The Three Army Surgeons (KHM 118 ,Die drei Feldscherer) is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about 3 traveling army surgeons who perform surgery on themselves to impress an innkeeper. After removing the organs, they will put them back in the morning. One cuts off his hand, one cuts out his heart and one removes his own eyes. During the night a girl working at the inn has a visit from her lover, a soldier. She gives him some food from the cupboard that is holding the organs. The cat comes and takes the organs. After seeing the organs gone, she tells the soldier. He goes to the gallows and cuts the correct hand off a thief and brings it to her. He then gets the heart of a pig and eyes of a cat. In the morning the doctors re-attach the missing members using a salve they carry with them. After going on the road again one doctor could not see with his reinstalled eyes and had the others guide him. |
| lexicalization | eng: The Three Army Surgeons |
| lexicalization | eng: The Three Army-Surgeons |
| instance of | (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse fairytale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, fairy tale, song and dance |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Die drei Feldscherer ist ein Märchen (ATU 660). Es steht in den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm an Stelle 118 (KHM 118). |
| lexicalization | deu: Die drei Feldscherer |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: De drie heelmeesters is een sprookje dat werd genoteerd door de gebroeders Grimm voor Kinder- und Hausmärchen met volgnummer KHM118. De oorspronkelijke naam is Die drei Feldscherer. |
| lexicalization | nld: De drie heelmeesters |
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