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FFC 90
[1800—1809 Confession].
| *1800. | BLC I 53. |
| A. | Man confesses stealing, or promises in confession not to steal, more than a small amount. He steals a rope with a mare on the end of it [K 188]. as 1. LRAC no 72. 2. LRAC no 73. |
| B. | Miller confesses he has oversized measure and is told to get a smaller one. He measures back the grain in the smaller one [K 478]. Cf Mt 1720—Mt 1724. le 1. ECPE no 56. |
| C. | Fool steals priest's hog. He confesses with visiting priest who has been warned of the crime. Fool confesses stealing hog and other things and asks priest if he too has stolen such things. He receives affirmative answer and cries out in church, "Do not confess with this priest. He steals everywhere". as 1. LRAC no 71. |
| D. | Man who stole sheep's stomach enters church just as priest is saying, "Cast off that filthiness, Miguel"; believes he is discovered and throws his loot among the people. as 1. LRAC no 74. |
| *1803. | Woman in confession tells priest she has two mouths; she eats soup with one and meat with the other. He tells her to reverse process for penance. She puts hot soup in meat mouth and crepitus ventris follows. She abandons penance. an 1. LPEA II 241. |
| *1805 A. Shepherd goes to confess for first time. He hangs his sack on a sunbeam. When priest sees this he tells shepherd he does not need to confess. Later he returns; hangs sack on sunbeam but it falls. He confesses a shepherdess caused his guilt. | |
