Man never breaks his word — Mythoi

Motif

Man never breaks his word.

Traits of character. · Favorable traits of character. · Other favorable traits of character. · view the constellation · filed as W37.0.1

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

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Filed under Conscientiousness.

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Oil well digger runs out of money, leaves the country, forgetting to tell his driller. He returns fifty years later, finds the driller still drilling away Man keeps promise to return to be eaten by tiger: let go without harm Rabbi returns jewel found with bought ass. He had not paid for it

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