Hoosier folk legends

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xix, 264 pages ; 22 cm

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Supernatural and religious legends. Premonitions. Prenatal fear causes birthmark ; Ball of fire as death token ; Bird as death token ; Dream of coffin as death token ; Falling portrait as death token ; Broken dish as death token ; Three raps on house as death token ; Three raps on headboard as death token ; Wraith as death token ; Angel as death token ; Clock stops when person dies ; Watch stops at owner's death ; Feather crowns found in pillows of the dead ; Person will die when feather crown forms in pillow ; Murder revealed in a dream
Death and burial. Buried alive ; Grave robbers awaken woman buried alive ; Buried amputated arm causes pain until straightened ; Corpse sits up at wake ; Corpse sits up during funeral service ; Soul weighs four pounds ; Death from fright ; Ineradicable bloodstain on church floor ; Ineradicable bloodstain on porch floor ; Grass won't grow where blood has been shed
Ghosts. Ghost of father searches for daughter's head at Spook Light Hill ; Ghosts of elderly couple search for cow at Spook Light Hill ; Ghost of farmer searches for his head at Spook Light Hill ; Father searches for daughter's murderer at Spook Light Hill ; Gas from elm stumps at Spook Light Hill ; Will-o'-the-wisp (jack-o'-lantern) chases car ; Will-o'-the-wisp (jack-o'-lantern) leads person astray ; The light in the big tunnel ; Ghost plays the organ ; Ghost jingles chains ; Ghost looks for arm ; Vanishing hitchhiker on Cline Avenue ; Ghost of murdered bride on Cline Avenue ; Ghost of mother with baby on Cline Avenue ; The Cline Avenue ghost ; Victim's face pressed into wall ; Face in the wall reminds motorists to drive slowly ; Face in the wall serves as test of courage ; Face in the wall appears on day of victim's funeral ; The negro in concrete at Avon Bridge ; Ghost of worker screams at the Danville Bridge ; Mother's ghost calls to baby at the Avon Bridge ; Ghost of boyfriend screams at the Avon Bridge ; Ghost of murdered woman screams at the Avon Bridge ; Ghost of Chinese man screams at the Avon Bridge ; The Mooresville bridge : another worker in concrete ; Ghosts sob at the Azalia Bridge ; Ghost rides across the Mooresville bridge with motorist ; Headless ghost of tramp at the Free Springs Bridge ; Ghost of boyfriend calls at the Free Springs Bridge ; Ghost carries lantern at the Free Springs Bridge ; Ghost as head at the Free Springs Bridge ; Red Eye Bridge ; Mother of decapitated girl warns parkers in Stepp Cemetery ; Wife guards husband's grave in Stepp Cemetery ; Chain appears on tombstone after husband kills wife ; Chain appears on tombstone after master kills slave ; Stiffy Green in mausoleum ; Stiffy Green' head on tombstone ; McHarry's tomb ; Heart of murdered girl beats from grave ; Heart of giant beats from grave ; Death in the graveyard : fork in dress ; Death in the graveyard : knife in apron ; The ghosts of Heady's Hollow ; Sleepy Hollow ; Haunted Hollow ; Ghost of miner runs dragline ; The faceless nun ; Ghost laid by Bible.
Supernatural and religious legends. Haunted houses. The house of blue lights ; The glass coffin ; Haunted house at Medora ; Murdered wife buried in wall of the Preston House ; Ghosts of slaves haunt the Preston House ; Merom's haunted house ; Koleen's haunted house ; East Chicago's haunted house ; Kokomo's haunted house ; Hill house ; Room changes color in the White Castle ; Ghost avenges death in the white castle
Good and evil. The devil as escort ; Devil chased by holy water ; Jesus saves condemned soul from the devil ; Jesus and ghost of grandfather reassure the living ; Answered prayers ; Jesus over Fontanet ; The dogwood tree
Special powers. The evil eye ; Bloodstopping ; Blowing the fire out of a burned arm ; Blowing the fire out of a burned abdomen ; Blowing the fire out of a burned hand ; The son who hasn't seen father cures thrush ; Rubbing warts ; Burying a knotted string to cure warts ; Burying a dirty dishcloth to cure warts ; Warts cured by not looking at them ; Seventh son of a seventh son cures warts ; Seventh daughter of a seventh daughter has second sight ; Person born with caul has second sight ; The fire-letter ; Water witch locates water with a forked stick ; Spirit enter arm of water witch ; Water witch has electricity in his body ; Bent wire used to locate buried pipes ; Divining rod with gold piece attached locates gold
Witches. The witch cat ; The butter witch ; Witch makes cow dry by squeezing a towel ; Witch causes cow to give bloody milk ; Witch hexes well ; Witch causes cake to burst into flames ; Boiling water forces witch to reveal herself ; Exorcising a witch ; Killing a witch who causes illness ; Strange occurrences at a witch's funeral ; Silver bullet protects against witches
Monsters and snakes. The loup garou ; The Princeton monster ; The wampus ; The hoop snake ; The milk snake ; Child dies when snake is killed ; Snake charms girl ; The beast of Busco.
Personal legends. Famous people. Prince Madoc ; Johnny Appleseed ; Abe Lincoln visits Terre Haute ; Pearl Bryan loses her head ; Pearl Bryan delivers babies and keeps them ; Pearl Bryan's ghost in Mooresville ; Pearl Bryan's ghost in Greencastle ; John F. Kennedy is still alive in Dallas ; John F. Kennedy is still alive on Onassis's Island
Eccentrics. Martin Pirtle ; Old Man Sanders' buried treasure ; Flo Peggy ; Shellschok ; Pollie Barnett ; Walking Snyder ; Crissy, the skunk woman ; Martin Piniak ; Diana of the dunes ; Ghost of Diana of the Dunes ; Billy Hazard
Local heroes. The strong man of Salem ; General Ledgerwood ; Robert Straight
Folk doctors. Doc Cox found cure for cancer ; Doc Cox never charged for healing ; Dr. Wheat ; Dr. Green
Outlaws. Jesse James' hideout in Jay County ; Jesse James spent the night near Terre Haute ; Jesse and Frank James spent the night near Bowman ; Frank Reno ; Al Capone's country home near Chesterton ; Al Capone in Jasper ; Al Capone in Terre Haute ; Al Capone's hideout near Edwardsport ; John Dillinger : Hoosier Robin Hood ; Dillinger robs the Rockville bank ; Dillinger robs the Greencastle Bank ; Dillinger wouldn't rob the Carbon Bank ; Dillinger's hideout at Highrock ; Dillinger's hideout in Indianapolis ; Dillinger's hideout in New Discovery ; Dillinger's hideout at Rocky Forks ; Dillinger's sidekick buys a car in Brazil ; Ghosts of Dillinger's victims ; Dillinger's fat lady ; Why the lady in red betrayed Dillinger ; Dillinger's long penis in the Smithsonian ; Dillinger's long penis in the Smithsonian must be a horse's ; Dillinger is still alive ; Dillinger seen at state fair after his alleged death ; Bell Gunness.
Place legends. Bottomless lakes. River pirate's treasure in the Prairieton Blue Hole ; Wagon and bus lost in the Prairieton Blue Hole ; Large catfish in the Prairieton Blue Hole ; Bootleggers throw victims in the Prairieton Blue Hole ; Ghosts of the Prairieton Blue Hole ; Train lost in the Seymour Blue Hole ; Bottom of the Seymour Blue Hole appears and disappears ; Half-Moon Springs
Hoosier : origin of the state nickname. A Hoosier is a husher ; Another kind of husher ; Who's your daddy? ; Those damn Hoosiers ; Who's there? ; Hows come and who's there? ; Whose ear in the jar? ; Whose ear on the floor? ; A Hoosier is a hayseed (or a diseased calf)
Place-name legends. Alum Cave ; Bloody Corners ; Boggs Creek ; Dead Man's Bridge ; Dead Man's Hollow ; Devil's Tea Table ; Dutchman's Bridge ; Elkhart and Mishawaka ; Gate to Hell ; Gordon's Leap ; Hangman's Crossing ; Hell ; Hobart ; Hymera ("High Mary") ; Hymera ("Hi Mary") ; Indian Rock ; Jack's Defeat Creek ; Jasper ; Kokomo ; Lick Skillet ; Loogootee ; Mecca ; Monsterville ; Montezuma ; Nigger Hill ; Noblesville ; Orland ; Pie Town ; Pinhook ; Pumpkin Center ; Santa Claus ; Shake Rag School ; Spook Hollow ; Tampico ; Tecumseh ; Toad Hop ; Thorntown ; Wilson Creek.
Modern legends. Legends nourished by the automobile. The vanishing hitchhiker ; Death car sells for $25 ; Couple killed in death car ; Lawyer killed in death car ; Boy commits suicide in death car ; Assailant in the backseat foiled by truck driver ; Assailant in the back seat foiled by station attendant ; Convertible filled with concrete in LaPorte ; Convertible filled with concrete in Plainfield ; Mooresville's Gravity Hill ; South Bend's Gravity Hill
Parking legends. Hook man ; The boyfriend's death in Gary ; The boyfriend's death in Munster ; The purple lady
Legends inspired by the telephone. Man believing in afterlife has phone in mausoleum ; Man fearing live burial has phone in mausoleum ; The baby-sitter and the phone call
Vacations. Vacationist falls out of travel trailer ; The runaway grandmother
Teenagers alone. The licked hand ; The surpriser surprised
Foreign matter in food. Kentucky fried rat in Shelbyville ; Kentucky fried rat in Elwood ; Kentucky fried rat in West Lafayette ; Kentucky fried rat in Terre Haute ; Tacos ; Booze from formaldehyde ; The stolen whisky bottle
Department stores and shopping centers. Department store snakes ; Assailant mutilates boy in shopping center rest room ; Assailant emasculates boy in shopping center rest room ; Woman who buys returned dress is embalmed alive ; Teenager who buys returned dress is embalmed alive
College legends. The cadaver arm in nursing school ; The cadaver arm at Indiana University ; The roommate's death ; Roommate decapitated at Ball State ; Jeanne Dixon predicts ax murder at Indiana State ; Ghost of Burford Hall barfs ; Ghost of Burford Hall moans ; Ghost of Burford Hall screams ; Why Indiana State has no sorority houses ; Bird Man of I.U. gives signal for panty raid ; Bird Man of I.U. recorded call for panty raid ; Bird Man of I.U. yells from dorm roof
Hairdos, cosmetics, pills, and drugs. Spiders in the beehive hairdo ; Cockroaches in the beehive hairdo ; Ants in the beehive hairdo ; Maggots in the beehive hairdo ; Face cream ; Diet pills ; the headless head
Occupations. The truck driver and the motorcycles ; The Avon lady ; Steelworker falls into furnace
UFO's. Flying saucer causes machinery to stop ; Flying saucer spits fire and burns person ; UFO appears as bright light ; UFO appears as spinning light ; UFO appears as silver sphere ; UFO appears as blue saucer ; UFO burns spots on field.

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