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Filed under Deception by equivocation.

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Oath literally obeyed: to tell no Christian. Woman thus sworn to secrecy talks to her unchristened childSaint, when forced to return to his monastery after swearing not to "come with his face before him," comes walking backwards
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The single cake. Restricted to a single cake during Lent, the peasants make one as large as a cart wheelDeath message softened by equivocations. Various false explanations are given to prepare the hearerOne 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 timePeasant 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 basketThieves dig field and drain tank when miser says gold is hidden thereDeception by equivocation – miscellaneous

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