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Title	Martin Piniak
Alternative Title	Piniak, Martin; Wooly; Wooly Bully; The Man Under the Bridge; The Old Man Under the Bridge; Old Man Martin
Genre	Legend -- People -- Local -- Eccentrics
Description	Robert W. Simko's transcribed interview of Ken Darrow's account of Martin Piniak. Darrow states that there is a man living under a bridge in East Chicago, Indiana. This man used to be very wealthy and successful until he went crazy. He went crazy because his bride-to-be ran off with his best friend.
Informant	Darrow, Ken
Collector	Simko, Robert W.
Date of Original	1969-01-03
Contextual Information	Martin Piniak lived in the East Chicago, Indiana, area. He lived from 1903 to 1976. He is still widely discussed and well remembered by people in that area of all ages. Recurring motifs in this story are T211.5, "Man becomes a hermit after his wife's death" and T93.2 "Disappointed lover turns hermit."
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Lake County -- East Chicago -- 1969
Subject	Tramps Bridges Homeless persons
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-05-16
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-MartinPiniak014

Martin Piniak

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