The constellation
Q521 Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.)
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- Doing penance till green leaves grow on a dry branch · Q521.1 entry
- Penance: carrying bag of stones (one for each murder) on the back until it falls off. (Cf. Q211.) · Q521.2 entry
- Penance: carrying iron hoop on head until it falls off · Q521.3 entry
- Penance: pasturing black sheep until they become white · Q521.4 entry
- Penance: ferryman setting people over a stream until relieved by another · Q521.5 entry
- Penance: holding midnight mass until someone will make responses · Q521.6 entry
- Penance to be done until seven spires of Benares are reduced to powder and rebuilt · Q521.7 entry
cross-ref
- Tedious tasks · H1110 entry
- Tedious punishments · Q500 entry