Attmar

In a village in Attmar, an old woman was dead and "walked again".

I en by i Attmar var en gumma död och "gick igen". …….

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Parish
Attmar
Collector
Jonas Hjalmar Höglundh
Informant
Jonas Hjalmar Höglundh
Record no.
NM-M140

English translation

In a village in Attmar, an old woman was dead and "walked again". She appeared during the day, when the maid in the household met her in the kitchen doorway. After that day, the maid was a little strange in her understanding. At night, however, the old woman was at her best, as she padded through the whole house and did not even shy away from a visit to the farmhands' quarters. One of the farmhands was more than tired of her noise, and when she made more noise than usual one dark winter night, the farmhand, in a fit of anger, took a boot and threw it towards the stove, from where the ghost light came. But to his horror, the boot came back, without falling into the stove. After that, the old woman could have as much as she wanted as far as he was concerned.

Original transcription (Swedish)

I en by i Attmar var en gumma död och "gick igen". Hon visade sig på dagen, då pigan i gården mötte henne i köksdörren. Efter den dagen var pigan lite konstig till förståndet. Om nätterna var emellertid gumman båst i form, då hon tassade genom hela huset och drog sig inte en för en visit i drängstugan. Den ena av drängarna var mer än trött på hennes oväsen, och när hon en mörk vinternatt väsnades värre än vanligt, tog drängen i vredesmod en stövel och kastade den mot spisen, varifrån oljuset kom. Men till hans förfäran kom stöveln tillbaka, utan att falla ned i spisen. Sedan fick gumman så mycket hon ville för hans del.

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.