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Filed under Deception by equivocation.

3 finer motifs beneath it
One foot in Ireland, one in Scotland. Man carries sods of two countries with him that his whereabouts will be so definedWarrior proposes to fight in single combat. Fights with aid of sons and grandsons. They belong to himSaint hides fugitive from king underground. When king demand fugitive, saint (who never lies) replies, "Verily, I know not where he is, if he is not under thee even where thou art." The king is satisfied and departs. Later suspects trick and arrests fugitive
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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 obeyedDeath 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 there

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