HOW A MAN WENT TO SHRIVE HIMSELF

A man went to a priest to confession; and among other things he said: I

have a sister-in-law, and my brother is far away; and whenever I go

home, her familiarity is so great that she sits down on my lap; how

should I behave?

The priest answered: if she did so to me, she would be well requited

for it.

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