Eccentric dirty people, South Bend, Indiana

Description: Thomas Kramers transcribed interview of Mr. and Mrs. Sargent about Mio Cook. According to the Sargents, Cook rides a horse-drawn wagon and predicts almost everything. Cook also shares his bed with his horse. One night a car hit his wagon and he was injured. Doctors figured that he hadnt removed his boots in two or three years and they had to cut off his clothes.
Origin: 1969-04-29
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1395
Collection: Indiana State University Folklore Archives
Subjects: Dirt
Dirty people
Legends
Forecasting
Folklore

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