Njurunda · 1936

One night a blacksmith came. ……………

En natt kom en sme. ……………

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Parish
Njurunda
Year
1936
Collector
Carl-Herman Tillhagen
Informant
V. Hedström
Record no.
NM-MNM1852

English translation

-One night a blacksmith came here named Fernlund and woke me, as had been agreed upon. Then he left, but immediately came back as white as a sheet in the face: He had met Captain Andersson, who had been dead for quite some time now!

Original transcription (Swedish)

-En natt kom en sme, som heta Fernlund hit å väckte mä, som avtalat va. Sen gick han, men kom genast tillbaks b lek som ett lärft i syna: Han hade mött kapten Andersson, som ju hade vare dö bra no länge!

Included courtesy of © 2016 Länsmuseet Västernorrland.

Source: Murberget Länsmuseet Västernorrland, folk memory collection. These records were written down in the first half of the 1900s; the collectors' language and values are of their own time.