Licked hand, Crawford County, Illinois
| Description: |
Toni Earleywines typewritten variant of The Licked Hand urban legend as collected by herself. In this variant, a man buys a his wife a dog to keep her company because he is sick and dying. After he dies, the dog sleeps near the woman and licks her hand at night to comfort her. One morning, she wakes up to discover the dog has been violently killed after believing the dog has spent the night by her side. |
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| Origin: | 1973-03-21 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1727 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Dogs Criminals Homicides Folklore |
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