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- Wager: Clergyman to Read Prayer Without Thinking of Anything Else.

Wager: Clergyman to Read Prayer Without Thinking of Anything Else. A man (St. Bernard) promises a clergyman (chattering woman, hermit, man) a horse (pig) if he can say a prayer (the Lord’s prayer) without thinking of anything else. While praying, the clergyman stops to ask whether the horse comes with its harness too.

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Documented by Johannes Gobi Junior, Scala coeli (No. 210) in the 14th century.

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