Bedtime ghost stories anyone?
Originally published in 1690 and written by Erasmus Francisi, guess it’s not the easiest book to find…
Here’s an english translation of a story that can be found in the book:
“In the Bohemian town of Levin, in the year of 1345, suddenly died the wife of a potter who was thought to be a witch. Before she could have been put on trial, which is why she was buried at the crossroads. After this she appeared to many people, among other things in the shape of cattle, and she killed several people. So they opened her grave and saw that in the meantime she had eaten half of her shroud, which they pulled out of her mouth and which was covered in blood. They hammered a stake through her breast, on which the blood came pouring out. After she had been buried again, she pulled out the stake and killed even more people than before. And so they finally burnt the witch together with the stake. The ashes as well as the earth were put into the grave. Some days later a whirlwind was seen at the place where the corpse had been cremated, but since then she was seen no more and there were no further troubles.” Cute, right?
You can check it here. Man, it’s a beauty.
