In Lövberg lived in the early 1800s..

In Lövberg lived in the early 1800s Erik Larsson and his wife Stina Brita. Their first child, a girl, died when she was only a few years old. The mother grieved terribly for a long time, and it did not want to subside. Then one night she saw the dead girl standing in front of the bed, twisting the bedsheet into a skein of yarn, letting it unfurl again, and then beginning the twisting anew. This was repeated night after night. Constantly the dead girl stood in front of the bed and twisted the bedsheet. Finally, Stina Brita plucked up her courage and asked the girl what she wanted. Then she answered: "You must not grieve for me as you do. I get no peace in the grave. - If you don't stop, I shall twist you as I twist this." Then she disappeared. The mother had to stop grieving. She was, after all, under judgment. - Her son also lost a small child, and his wife also grieved a lot. Then I once heard him say to her: "You must not grieve like that, for then the same thing might happen to you as happened to Mother."