{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/hoe/hoe2-43.htm","path":"neu/hoe/hoe2-43.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/hoe/hoe2-43.htm","text":"ONE autumn evening a girl was going home across a frozen heath, but though she walked fast, she shivered. Presently she was pestered by a moving p. 134 haycock without a band, which pressed upon her so closely that the hay pricked her face. This continued till midnight; but when a cock crew in the village, the haycock vanished, and the girl made her way home exhausted, and died within a week. Since then, the people say that cries for help have been heard from the heath by night. But they are very particular that every haycock shall be tied with a band. If thus secured, no evil spirit can interfere with it.","title":"THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK. (JANNSEN.)","type":"page"}