A2211.5 - Shrew blows nose into snout (WTF - Weird Things in Folktales)

Welcome to my A to Z Challenge blog series titled WTF - Weird Things in Folktales! Find the introduction post (explaining the theme) here. Find all other participating blogs in the comments of each day's post on the main blog! You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

In the Thompson Motif Index, A stands for Mythological Motifs (almost 3000 of them) - things such as "A0 - Creator" or "