parenting white lies

Je
How do you feel about this? I read an article about little white lies parents would tell their kids when they were young. 
My mom used to tell us "a little bird" told her when we were misbehaving. When she had a hunch about something she'd say "a little bird told me..." and me and my brother would be like dang how'd that bird know that?! That would get us to confess because we were certain the bird had us caught for sure. 😂 Do any of you remember any little white lies your parents told you?