The constellation
K2311 The single cake. Restricted to a single cake during Lent, the peasants make one as large as a cart wheel
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Deception by equivocation · K2310 entry
carried in tale type
- The Big Cake · ATU 1565*
filed beside
- Oath literally obeyed · K2312 entry
- Death message softened by equivocations. Various false explanations are given to prepare the hearer · K2313 entry
- One day and one night. Saint has tribute remitted for a day and a night, i.e. forever, because there is but one day and one night in time · K2314 entry
- Peasant betrays fox by pointing. The peasant has hidden the fox in a basket and promised not to tell. When the hunters come, he says, "The fox just went over the hill," but points to the basket · K2315 entry
- Thieves dig field and drain tank when miser says gold is hidden there · K2316 entry
- Deception by equivocation – miscellaneous · K2319 entry