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AN OLD LADY AND SON WERE IN A CABIN NEAR A RAILROAD
TRACKS. HE GOT HIT BY A TRAIN. ALL SHE COULD FIND
WAS A THUMB. SHE LOCKED HERSELF IN THE CABIN AND
DIED AND TO THIS DAY YOU CAN HEAR HER WAIL AT MIDNIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 07-25-1968

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