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- Tabu: false and profane swearing of oath. C94.2
- Bocca della Verità. Person swearing oath places hand in mouth of image. If oath is false the hand is bitten off. H251.1
- Money in the stick. Before swearing, the cheater hands a stick containing the stolen money to the man he has stolen it from. He then swears that he has repaid it. J1161.4
- Saint, when forced to return to his monastery after swearing not to "come with his face before him," comes walking backwards. K2312.2
- Swearing while one knows that his oath is rendered valueless. M110.1
- Swearing on sacred relics. M114.4
- Swearing on hand of king. M116.0.1
- Swearing by saint's bachall. M116.1
- Swearing by saint's bell. M116.2
- Swearing on a skull. M118
- Swearing by the elements: sun, moon, stars, wind. M119.1
- Swearing by (clan) gods. M119.2
- Swearing on a stone. (Cf. M114.2.) M119.5
- Swearing by "the Seven Things which they serve." M119.6
- Swearing by one's father and mother. M119.8.1
- Swearing by life of father. M119.8.2