Ghost rides in cart. Horse can scarcely pull cart, later dies or goes mad. (Cf. D1654.9, E332, E411.0.3.)

Motif

Ghost rides in cart. Horse can scarcely pull cart, later dies or goes mad. (Cf. D1654.9, E332, E411.0.3.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Other malevolent revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E272.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Ireland, England: Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Road-ghosts. (Cf. E332ff., E582.) Ghosts which haunt roads.

Filed beside it

Ghost rides behind rider on horse. (Cf. E215.)Ghost frightens people off bridge into stream Ghost chases pedestrian on road Ghost misleads traveler on road. See similar actions of fairies, witches, Will-o-the-wisp. (Cf. F402.1.1.)

Travels with

Corpse in coffin refuses to be moved in wagon. (Cf. D1654.5, E272.1, E411.0.3.)Non-malevolent road ghosts. (Cf. E272, E581, E582.)Horse unable to draw evil dead man Fairy hangs on to carriage on road. (Cf. E272.1.)

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