Ramsele · Överbodvill · 1918
The Fox Trapper's Deathbed
Rävgillrarens dödsbädd
- Parish
- Ramsele
- Village
- Överbodvill
- Year
- 1918
- Collector
- Levi Johansson
- Informant
- Folkskolelärare. A.E. Hansson
- Record no.
- LMV-M3092a
English translation
A person, who had been very good at trapping foxes, lay on his deathbed. Then one saw a crowd of foxes come and look in through the window at the dying man. This is said to have happened here in Resele, and I have heard the man's name, but it has slipped my mind.
Original transcription (Swedish)
En person, som varit svår på att gillra räv, låg för döden. Då fick man se en massa rävar komma och titta in genom fönstret på den döende. Detta skall ha inträffat här i Resele, och namnet på karlen har jag hört, men det har fallit mig ur minnet.
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.