The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HAMPTON BEACH, HAMPTON NEW HAMPSHIRE

ON HAMPTON BEACH, NEAR THE BOAR'S HEAD, IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SITE
OF THE GRAVE OF LIEF ERICKSON'S FATHER, ERIC THE RED, WHO DIED ON
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COAST A FEW HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS THROUGH GOING TO HAMPTON BEACH EVERY SUMMER SINCE
I WAS SIX.

Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD

Date learned: 11-01-1967