Mary Arnold the Female Monster

DESCRIPTION: Mary Arnold, for reasons unknown, decides to blind her baby by covering its eyes with beetles held in walnut shells. Her deed is discovered, and she is sentenced to transportation
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1888 (Ashton)
KEYWORDS: mother children injury disability transportation
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Grigson-PenguinBookOfBallads 101, "Mary Arnold the Female Monster" (1 text)
ST PBB101 (Partial)
File: PBB101

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