Adulteress betrayed by little child's remark

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Adulteress betrayed by little child's remark.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom learned from children. · view the constellation · filed as J125.2

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Filed under Parents's misdeeds innocently betrayed by children.

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Child unwittingly betrays his mother's adultery. Tells father not to step across chalk line drawn around secretary; if he does secretary may do to him what he did to Mother the other day

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The wine needs no further water. Guests asks small daughter of innkeeper for water to put into his wine. She says, "You will not have to do that for mother poured a whole tubful into the cask today."

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