The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

ORDINARY FOLKTALE

A LITTLE GIRL ALWAYS SLAPPED HER ELDERS WHEN SHE GREW
ANGRY. SHE DIED AND WHEN HER MOTHER VISITED THE GRAVE,
HER HAND WAS STICKING OUT OF THE GRAVE. IT DID NOT RETURN
TO THE EARTH UNTIL HER MOTHER SLAPPED IT FOR THE MANY
TIMES THE LITTLE GIRL WENT UNPUNISHED.

Submitter comment: SLAPPING CAUSES HAND OF BURIED SINNER TO RETURN UNDERGROUND IN GRAVE

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Date learned: 00-00-1952