Most Tragical Account of Woman's Murdering a Peddler, And Then Burning to Death Her Own Child, A

DESCRIPTION: "People and Friends of every name, Attend to what I write." A peddlar asks lodging with a farmer. The hosts search his pack; the wife kills him so they can sell his effects. Her daughter talks about her new clothes; the mother burns the child
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales)
KEYWORDS: homicide husband wife children begging clothes
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Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales, pp. 433-435, "A Most Tragical Account of Woman's Murdering a Peddler, And Then Burning to Death Her Own Child" (1 text)
Roud #V46538
NOTES [6 words]: We need a keyword "over-wrought." - RBW
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File: TNY433

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