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A GIRL WAS WALKING ALONE, WHEN A STRANGE MAN OFFERED
HER A RIDE. SHE ACCEPTED, BUT BEFORE THEY HAD
DRIVEN VERY FAR, SHE LOOKED OVER AT HIM AND NOTICED
THAT HIS HANDS AND FEET WERE CLOVEN IN HOOFS.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM THE NUNS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEVIL SATAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
WILL OF THE WISP
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER TOLD MY GREAT-GRAND-MOTHER ONE DAY
AS HE CAME IN THE HOUSE GASPING FOR BREATH THAT HE
HAD BEEN CHASED BY THE "WILL OF THE WISP" IN THE
FORM OF A GREAT BALL OF FIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fire |
Date learned: YEARS AGO
MORAL
THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
WHO REFUSED TO MARRY ANY OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO LIVED
NEARBY. SO, A DEVIL LIVING IN A FAR OFF TOWN HEARD
ABOUT HER AND DECIDED TO MARRY HER. SO HE BORROWED
THINGS FROM HIS FRIENDS, E.G., EYES, A NOSE, TEETH,
ETC. DRESSED UP IN ALL THIS, HE LOOKED VERY HANDSOME,
AND THE YOUNG GIRL FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM. AFTER THE
WEDDING AS HE WAS RETURNING HOME, HE RETURNED ONE BY
ONE, THE THINGS HE HAD BORROWED. WHEN THEY FINALLY
REACHED HIS HOME, ALL HE HAD LEFT WAS AN EYE IN THE
MIDDLE OF HIS HEAD, ONE FUNNY ARM, AND ONE LEFT LEG.
MORAL: NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE HEN-PECKED DEVIL
SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE MAYOR OF HAMBURG, GERMANY,
CONTRACTED TO HAVE A BRIDGE BUILT OVER THE ELBE. THE CONTRACTOR
PROMISED TO HAVE THE JOB COMPLETED BY A CERTAIN DATE, BUT,
BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, HE WAS HOPELESSLY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
SINCE THE BUILDER KNEW THAT THE MAYOR WOULD NOT FULFILL HIS END
OF THE CONTRACT UNLESS THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE
SPRING FESTIVALS, HE MADE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL FOR ITS COMPLE-
TION. THE DEVIL WOULD COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN RETURN FOR THE
SOUL OF THE FIRST PERSON TO CROSS THE BRIDGE.
WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED AND TO BE DEDICATED, THE MAYOR AND
BUILDER ARGUED WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO
WALK ACROSS THE SPAN. THE MAYOR, SUSPECTING SOMETHING WAS AMISS
BECAUSE OF THE JOB'S RAPID COMPLETION, INSISTED THAT THE BUILDER
PROCEED FIRST. IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS, THE BUILDER HAD TUCKED
A HEN UNDER HIS COAT. WHEN HE APPROACHED THE MIDWAY MARK OF THE
BRIDGE WHERE THE DEVIL WAS LURKING BEHIND A COLUMN, HE THREW THE
HEN OUT TO HIM. THE DEVIL SEIZED THE BIRD, BUT WHEN HE SAW THAT
HIS CATCH WAS ONLY A HEN, HE THREW IT DOWN IN DISGUST. THE
DEVIL'S ANGER WAS SUCH THAT THE HEN WENT CLEAN THROUGH THE BRIDGE,
AND TO THIS DAY THERE IS A HOLD IN THE BRIDGE WHICH WILL NOT BE
FILLED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD TALE FROM A GERMAN PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR AT
GANNON COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE ; GANNON COLLEGE
Date learned: 10-23-1965
DEVIL'S KITCHEN
ON MACKINAC ISLAND IN MICHIGAN, THERE IS A CAVE-LIKE HOLE IN THE
SIDE OF A HUGE BOULDER. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE DEVIL AND WITCHES
USED THIS CAVE TO CONJOUR UP THEIR EVIL SPELLS. THE CAVE IS THUS
CALLED "DEVIL'S KITCHEN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 06-01-1968
THE DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL
NEAR THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY, THERE IS A PLACE CALLED "THE DEVIL'S
PUNCH BOWL." WHEN CROMWELL'S SOLDIERS RAIDED THE HOLY MONASTERY
OF MUCKROSS ABBEY, THE DEVIL WAS SO DELIGHTED THAT HE JUMPED UP
FROM HELL, TOOK A BIG BITE OUT OF THE GROUND, AND JUMPED BACK TO
HELL AGAIN. IF YOU VISIT KILLARNEY, YOU CAN SEE THE PLACE ON THE
GROUND--THE DEVIL'S THREE FRONT TEETH DUG INTO THE GROUND, LEAVING
THEIR MARK THERE FOREVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
PURGATORY FALLS, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
AN AREA NEAR NORTH RIVER ROAD IN THE OLD QUARRY DISTRICT OF
MILFORD HAS A SET OF FOOTPRINTS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL WATER-
FALL. THESE FOOTPRINTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BELONG TO THE DEVIL AND
ALL THE CHILDREN CALL THIS AREA PURGATORY FALLS.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
GERMAN TALE
FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEVIL HAD HIS OWN WAY IN THE LOVELY VALLEY
OF VAUDAI. ONE YEAR, HOWEVER, SOME OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE
BUILT A CHUCH. THE DEVIL WAS VERY ANGRY AND TRIED TO DESTROY
THE CHURCH BUT MORE AND MORE CHURCHES WERE BUILT AND THE DEVIL
WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE VALLEY AND LIVE UP IN THE ROCKY HEIGHTS
OF THE ALPS WHERE IT WAS TOO COLD TO BUILD A CHURCH. THOUGH HE
TRIED MANY MEANS OF WIPING OUT THE CHURCHES, THEY STILL REMAINED
AND REALIZING HIS DEFEAT, THE DEVIL WENT BACK IN MISERY TO THE
ROCKY CRAGS WHICH WERE HIS NEW HOME. AND WHEN THE DEVIL THINKS
BACK ON HIS HAPPY DAYS IN THE VALLEY, A TERRIBLE FREEZING WIND
BLOWS THROUGHOUT VAUDAI AND MAKES ALL THE CHURCH DOORS RATTLE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS AN AMERICAN GIRL WHOSE PARENTS ARE FROM GERMANY.
HER FATHER LEARNED IT AS A YOUNG BOY IN GERMANY AND TOLD IT TO
HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-06-1963
TALE
THERE WAS A MAN TRAVELING WITH HIS WAGON THROUGH THE WOODS,
AND TWO MEN JUMPED ON HIS WAGON. THE HORSES WERE
FRIGHTENED AND RAISED THEIR EARS, AND THE WAGON BECAME
EXTREMELY HEAVY FOR THEM TO PULL. THE MAN ATTEMPTED
TO THROW THESE TWO MEN OFF THE WAGON, BUT THEY INSISTED
TO BE DRIVEN SOMEWHERE FURTHER INTO THE WOODS. THEN, THEY
TURNED INTO DEVILS, AND THIS FRIGHTENED THE MAN; SO, HE GOT
THEM WET WITH URINE, AND THEY ABANDONED THE WAGON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A TALE THAT WAS TOLD OFTEN
IN HER VILLAGE. DEVILS LEAVE MAN WHO WETS THEM WITH URINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
HOUSE DEMON
IN THE SPRING, A GREAT MISFORTUNE HAPPENED TO A FARMER
AND HIS FAMILY: ALL OF HIS BUILDINGS AND STORAGE HOUSES
WHERE ALL OF HIS WEALTH WAS STORED BURNED DOWN. THE MAN
WAS LEFT WITH HIS WHOLE FAMILY JUST AS THEY WERE STANDING.
THEY LOST THEIR HOUSE, DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLOTHES, NOR ANYTHING
TO EAT. A PLACE TO STAY AT WAS PROVIDED BY SOME NEIGHBORS,
SOME CLOTHES ALSO WERE FOUND BY THE NEIGHBORS; ONE GAVE A
TORN FUR COAT, ANOTHER A WORN JACKET, A THIRD A MENDED
DRESS. BUT TO FEED THEM, THEY COULD ONLY DO THAT FOR A
SHORT TIME BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES HAD VERY LITTLE.
THE POOR MAN HITCHED UP A BORROWED HORSE TO A BORROWED
WAGON WITH A BORROWED HARNESS AND SET OUT TO THE FARMS
TO COLLECT FOOD. EVERYONE GAVE AS MUCH AS THEY COULD,
BUT HOWEVER, IT WAS SPRING AND THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES
HAD LITTLE, SO THAT'S WHY NOT EVERYONE GAVE. AND THE ONES
THAT DID GIVE, GAVE VERY LITTLE; A HANDFUL OF ONE OR
ANOTHER KIND OF GRAIN, OR A PIECE OF MEAT.
THAT'S WHY HAVING COLLECTED SO LITTLE, EVEN THOUGH HE
VISITED EVERYONE IN THE HEIGHBORHOOD, HE HEADED HOME.
ON THE WAY HOME HE STARTED THINKING:
"I RODE AROUND THE WHOLE FARM NEIGHBORHOOD AND BARELY
COLLECTED ENOUGH FOR THIS ONE DAY! BUT I HAVE THE FIELDS
TO PLANT, WE HAVE TO LIVE TILL THE NEW BREAD. WHAT AM I
SUPPOSED TO DO NOW? JUST GO AND KILL MYSELF!"
WHEN HE WAS THINKING THIS, DREAMING, HE HEARD THAT SOMEONE
LAUGHED IN THE BACK OF THE WAGON. HE TURNED AROUND AND SAW:
IN HIS WAGON IS SITTING A HAIRY, STRONG BLACK BEARDED
GIPSY, AND EATING BACON WITH BREAD. THE MAN WAS SURPRISED.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY WAGON?" THE MAN ASKED THE GIPSY.
"I WAS WALKING, AND I SEE A MAN IS RIDING. IN THE WAGON IS
A BAG WITH HOLES IN IT, THROUGH WHICH GRAIN IS FALLING.
I YELL--HE DOESN'T ANSWER. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM,
PLUGGED UP THE BAG AND I SEE--FROM ANOTHER BAG, SOME
BACON IS STICKING OUT. I COULDN'T HELP IT AND I STARTED
EATING IT," EXPLAINED THE GIPSY AND LAUGHED.
"IT'S A JOKE TO YOU, YES! BUT HOW IS MY FAMILY GOING TO
LAUGH?" SAYS THE MAN.
"ARE YOU A BEGGAR OR SOMETHING THAT A PIECE OF BACON HAS
SUCH AN EFFECT ON YOUR FAMILY?"
"AT THIS TIME I AM REALLY A BEGGAR."
"WHY ARE YOU SO UNLUCKY? WHAT HAS HAPPENED?" ASKED THE GIPSY.
"IT'S GOD'S PUNISHMENT, YOU SEE, HAS BEFALLEN ME: MY FARM
BURNED DOWN AND I SURVIVED WITH MY FAMILY JUST AS YOU SEE ME
NOW. I WAS RIDING AROUND TRYING TO FIND SOME PEOPLE TO GIVE
ME SOME FOOD, BUT I DIDN'T GET MUCH; THEY THEMSELVES DON'T
HAVE MUCH IN THE SPRING."
BECAUSE EVERY COMMON PERSON LIKES TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT
HIS MISFORTUNE, THE MAN TOLD THE GIPSY HIS WHOLE STORY.
WHILE TELLING THE GIPSY, THEY RODE UP TO THE MAN'S LAND.
THE GIPSY SAYS TO THE MAN: "I SEE THAT THE BARN IS STILL
LEFT. I WILL HELP YOU GET BACK ON YOUR FEET ON ONE CONDITION.
YOU CAN LEND AND DIVIDE YOUR WEALTH, BUT DON'T YOU DARE
CHARGE INTEREST FROM THE PEOPLE."
HAVING SAID THIS, HE CHANGED INTO A TORNADO. ONLY THE TREE
TOPS RUSTLED AND HE DISAPPEARED. THE MAN UNDERSTOOD THAT HE
HAD GIVEN A HOUSE-DEMON A RIDE AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY.
WHEN HE CAME HOME, HE TOLD HIS WIFE TO MAKE SOME SCRAMBLED
EGGS OUT OF THREE EGGS AND TOOK THEM OUT TO HIS BARN.
THE NEXT MORNING, HE FOUND A POT OF GOLD. AND THAT'S HOW IT
WAS EVERY NIGHT. THE MAN REBUILT HIS FARM, AND THE HOUSE-
DEMON KEPT ON BRINGING MONEY.
FINALLY, HE BECAME THE RICHEST IN THE REGION AND OTHERS
BEGAN TO TURN TO HIM FOR HELP: EITHER TO PUT THEM UP OR TO
LEND THEM MONEY. THE MAN LENT ONE MAN MONEY AND THEN
ANOTHER. PRETTY SOON, IT HURT THE MAN TO LEND OUT MONEY.
"I LEND SO MUCH AND WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT? EVERYONE
ELSE IS CHARGING INTEREST, WHY SHOULDN'T I?" AND WHEN THE
NEXT MAN CAME TO BORROW SOME MONEY, THE FARMER COUNTED OUT
AND KEPT HIS INTEREST CHARGE. HE WENT OUT TO THE BARN, AS
ALWAYS, TO SEE WHAT THE HOUSEDEMON BROUGHT HIM THAT TIME.
BUT HE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. THE NEXT MORNING--AGAIN
NOTHING! ON THE THIRD DAY, HIS WIFE CAME FROM THE STORAGE
HOUSE CRYING: "SOMEONE ROBBED US TO THE LAST GRAIN, AS
IF THEY SWEPT THE ROOM CLEAN!" THE MAN WENT TO LOOK--NO-
WHERE A FOOTPRINT OR A SIGN THAT A THIEF HAD BROKEN IN.
BUT THE BINS WERE EMPTY! HE CLIMBED UP TO THE ROOF RUCKS--
NO BACON, NO SAUSAGES. THEN THE MAN UNDERSTOOD THAT THE
DEMON IS GETTING BACK AT HIM. HE CALLED THEN, THE MAN
WHOM HE HAD CHARGED INTEREST AND SAID:
"HERE IS YOUR INTEREST. RETURN TO ME AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE
BORROWED." AND HE RETURNED TO THE MAN HOW MUCH HE HAD
KEPT TO HIMSELF.
THE HOUSE-DEMON DIDN'T GET BACK AT THE FARMER ANYMORE, BUT
HE ALSO DIDN'T BRING ANY MORE WEALTH TO HIM.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN BY RAMUNE M. STONYS.
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN BY COLLECTOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 02-08-1972
ONCE A MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND KILLED HIS WIFE AND THEN
GOT MARRIED AND LIVED IN THE SAME MANSION AS THE MAN'S
WIFE. THEY WERE HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER. ONE DAY THE
MAN'S NEW WIFE NOTICED A SPOT ON THE WALL AND ORDERED THE
MAIDS TO CLEAN THE WALL. THE SPOT DID NOT COME OFF BUT
GOT LARGER WITH TIME. EVENTUALLY IT BEGAN TO TAKE A FORM.
THE MAN'S NEW WIFE BECAME OBSESSED WITH THE IMAGE. IN
TIME IT WAS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A HUMAN FACE. AFTER
THE IMAGE JUST ABOUT DROVE THE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MINDS
IT TOOK THE EXACT FORM OF THE MAN'S FIRST WIFE. THE NEW
WIFE WENT CRAZY BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE WHO KILLED THE
FIRST WIFE.
Submitter comment:
SPOT ON WALL GROWS INTO IMAGE OF MURDERED PERSON. UNABLE TO REMOVE
IT, THE MURDERER GOES INSANE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
SEA MONSTER AT BELLE ISLE {MICHIGAN}
NEAR THE GOLF COURSE ON BELLE ISLE {DETROIT, MICHIGAN}
BY A LAGOON, A SEA MONSTER COMES OUT ONCE A YEAR AND
SNATCHES THE COUPLE PARKING NEAREST TO HIM, AND TAKES
THEM BACK IN THE WATER WITH HIM. THEY ARE NEVER
SEEN AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
LEGEND ABOUT THE DEVIL
DURING LENT, AT NIGHT, IF YOU WENT TO A DANCE OR A
SHOW, YOU'D MEET THE DEVIL ON THE WAY HOME. HE'D
BE ALL DRESSED UP, BUT YOU COULD TELL HIM BY HIS
FEET; HE'D HAVE HOOFS. HE'D HAVE A CLEFT HOOF FOR
A FOOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): CLOVEN HOOFS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
THERE IS ANOTHER LEGEND IN EL SALVADOR CALLED THE "LOUD
OX-CART." IT SCREECHES WHEN IT APPEARS AT FOUR OR FIVE IN THE
MORNING. IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND LOOK, YOU WILL DISAPPEAR.
THE MAN DRIVING THE OX-CART IS THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAN SALVADOR, ASSUMED ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
A GIRL WAS WALKING ALONE, WHEN A STRANGE MAN OFFERED
HER A RIDE. SHE ACCEPTED, BUT BEFORE THEY HAD
DRIVEN VERY FAR, SHE LOOKED OVER AT HIM AND NOTICED
THAT HIS HANDS AND FEET WERE CLOVEN IN HOOFS.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM THE NUNS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEVIL SATAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
WILL OF THE WISP
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER TOLD MY GREAT-GRAND-MOTHER ONE DAY
AS HE CAME IN THE HOUSE GASPING FOR BREATH THAT HE
HAD BEEN CHASED BY THE "WILL OF THE WISP" IN THE
FORM OF A GREAT BALL OF FIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fire |
Date learned: YEARS AGO
MORAL
THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
WHO REFUSED TO MARRY ANY OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO LIVED
NEARBY. SO, A DEVIL LIVING IN A FAR OFF TOWN HEARD
ABOUT HER AND DECIDED TO MARRY HER. SO HE BORROWED
THINGS FROM HIS FRIENDS, E.G., EYES, A NOSE, TEETH,
ETC. DRESSED UP IN ALL THIS, HE LOOKED VERY HANDSOME,
AND THE YOUNG GIRL FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM. AFTER THE
WEDDING AS HE WAS RETURNING HOME, HE RETURNED ONE BY
ONE, THE THINGS HE HAD BORROWED. WHEN THEY FINALLY
REACHED HIS HOME, ALL HE HAD LEFT WAS AN EYE IN THE
MIDDLE OF HIS HEAD, ONE FUNNY ARM, AND ONE LEFT LEG.
MORAL: NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE HEN-PECKED DEVIL
SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE MAYOR OF HAMBURG, GERMANY,
CONTRACTED TO HAVE A BRIDGE BUILT OVER THE ELBE. THE CONTRACTOR
PROMISED TO HAVE THE JOB COMPLETED BY A CERTAIN DATE, BUT,
BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, HE WAS HOPELESSLY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
SINCE THE BUILDER KNEW THAT THE MAYOR WOULD NOT FULFILL HIS END
OF THE CONTRACT UNLESS THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE
SPRING FESTIVALS, HE MADE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL FOR ITS COMPLE-
TION. THE DEVIL WOULD COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN RETURN FOR THE
SOUL OF THE FIRST PERSON TO CROSS THE BRIDGE.
WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED AND TO BE DEDICATED, THE MAYOR AND
BUILDER ARGUED WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO
WALK ACROSS THE SPAN. THE MAYOR, SUSPECTING SOMETHING WAS AMISS
BECAUSE OF THE JOB'S RAPID COMPLETION, INSISTED THAT THE BUILDER
PROCEED FIRST. IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS, THE BUILDER HAD TUCKED
A HEN UNDER HIS COAT. WHEN HE APPROACHED THE MIDWAY MARK OF THE
BRIDGE WHERE THE DEVIL WAS LURKING BEHIND A COLUMN, HE THREW THE
HEN OUT TO HIM. THE DEVIL SEIZED THE BIRD, BUT WHEN HE SAW THAT
HIS CATCH WAS ONLY A HEN, HE THREW IT DOWN IN DISGUST. THE
DEVIL'S ANGER WAS SUCH THAT THE HEN WENT CLEAN THROUGH THE BRIDGE,
AND TO THIS DAY THERE IS A HOLD IN THE BRIDGE WHICH WILL NOT BE
FILLED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD TALE FROM A GERMAN PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR AT
GANNON COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE ; GANNON COLLEGE
Date learned: 10-23-1965
DEVIL'S KITCHEN
ON MACKINAC ISLAND IN MICHIGAN, THERE IS A CAVE-LIKE HOLE IN THE
SIDE OF A HUGE BOULDER. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE DEVIL AND WITCHES
USED THIS CAVE TO CONJOUR UP THEIR EVIL SPELLS. THE CAVE IS THUS
CALLED "DEVIL'S KITCHEN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 06-01-1968
THE DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL
NEAR THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY, THERE IS A PLACE CALLED "THE DEVIL'S
PUNCH BOWL." WHEN CROMWELL'S SOLDIERS RAIDED THE HOLY MONASTERY
OF MUCKROSS ABBEY, THE DEVIL WAS SO DELIGHTED THAT HE JUMPED UP
FROM HELL, TOOK A BIG BITE OUT OF THE GROUND, AND JUMPED BACK TO
HELL AGAIN. IF YOU VISIT KILLARNEY, YOU CAN SEE THE PLACE ON THE
GROUND--THE DEVIL'S THREE FRONT TEETH DUG INTO THE GROUND, LEAVING
THEIR MARK THERE FOREVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 11-00-1970