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The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife

In early versions, the farmer makes a pact with the Devil and hands over his shrewish wife in return for a pair of plough oxen.

This was the place, so legend has it, where sheets gently floated from the beds of no longer sleeping travelers.

Joseph Ozanic discusses the conflict between his Progressive Miners of America and John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers of America.

The only cause for alarm was that a black cat had come down the chimney with a cap on its head. This was accepted as a case of witchcraft.

Hancock, MD and its surrounding area during the main span of the 20th century was one of the largest fruit producers in the nation.