Holm · 1914
While dad was just a child ..........
Medan pappa var bara barnet …………..
- Parish
- Holm
- Year
- 1914
- Collector
- Levi Johansson
- Informant
- Margareta Öberg
- Record no.
- NM-MHA01389
English translation
While dad was just a child, there was such terrible mischief at grandpa's place. In the summer cottage, small stones flew out of the baking oven, and it sounded like someone was throwing sand against the window. The young people were in the barn. There they saw large black dogs running on the ridges, and there was an immeasurable racket. It was said to be a wicked, “Polish” old man, Ol. Persson, who had brought all these hauntings upon grandpa, for he was ill-willed towards him.
Original transcription (Swedish)
Medan pappa var bara barnet blev det så rysligt oknytt hos farfars. I sommarstugan yrde småsten ur bakugnen, och det hördes som kastade någon sand uppefter fönstret. Ungdomarna låg på logen. Där sågo de stora svarta hundar springa uppe på åsarna, och det var ett oväsen utan måtta. Det skulle vara en stygg, "polsk" gubbe, Ol. Persson, som ställt alla dessa spökerier på farfar, ty han var elak på honom.
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.