μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • EnglishChild I 376–387 passim.
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Filed under Deception by equivocation.

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The single cake. Restricted to a single cake during Lent, the peasants make one as large as a cart wheelOath literally obeyedOne 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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