The devil has two books – one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks — Mythoi

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The devil has two books – one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks.

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Irish myth *Cross (G303.24.1.11).

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Devil shows priest long parchment roll of sins of congregation Devil writes faults of man on goat skin Devil writes down names of men on a hide in church. Woman laughs when she sees him Devil stands in church door and writes down names of his own people on a sheepskin Devil in church fills his sack with dissolute songs Devil writes down all idle words spoken in church. His parchment is not long enough and he has to stretch it Devil writes names of those who sleep in church Devil writes down names of those who whisper in church

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