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Lang. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost
Grimm (Hunt). The Nail
Z45 [ATU 2039] The Horseshoe Nail. For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe, the horse was lost, for the want of a horse the rider was lost... and all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
ATU 2039. A merchant on his way home stays at an inn and someone tells him that one of the nails is missing from one of his horse's shoes. At the next inn the shoe has fallen off. nevertheless, the merchant rides on. The horse becomes lame, stumbles, and breaks a leg. The merchant has to carry his goods himself and go home on foot. In some variants the horse of a soldier loses a horse shoe, and in the end a battle and a kingdom are lost.
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Wikipedia: For want of a nail
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