Attmar
In a forest village within Attmar there occurred ……….
I en skogsby inom Attmar timade ……….
- Parish
- Attmar
- Collector
- Jonas Hjalmar Höglundh
- Informant
- Jonas Hjalmar Höglundh
- Record no.
- NM-M142
English translation
In a forest village within Attmar, an event occurred several years ago that was talked about for a long time afterward. The matter was this: the village's young people had once arranged a gathering in a barn. The dance lasted for two evenings, or rather nights, and coffee was brewed at a thicket right next to the barn. When the dance on the last night was over, some young men went to the coffee spot to see if the fire was out. Upon arriving, they saw to their horror a woman lying on the embers, whose head was severed from her body. They ran to get some men, who, upon their arrival, saw the same sight. It was, however, a long time before there was another dance in that village.
Original transcription (Swedish)
I en skogsby inom Attmar timade åtskilliga år sedan en händelse, som en lång tid efter lät tala om sig. Saken var den, att byns ungdomar hade en gång anordnat en bjudning i en loge. Balen varade i två kvällar eller rättare nätter, och vid ett buskage strax intill logen, kokade man kaffet. När balen den sista natten var slut, gingo några ynglingar till kaffestället för att se, om elden var släkt. Framkomna sågo de till sin fasa en på glöden liggande kvinna, vars huvud var skilt från bålen. De sprungo efter några män, som vid sin framkomst sågo samma syn. Det dröjde emellertid längre, innan det blev bal i den byn.
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.