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A butcher who slaughtered cattle for fifty years and, after cutting out and eating the tongue of a living ox, suffered the same fate himself and died in agony, being reborn in hell.

A butcher who killed cattle for fifty years. One day, having no meat, he cut off the tongue of a living ox, fried it and started eating it. His own tongue fell on to his plate. He died in great agony and was born in hell. MA.ii.814.

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