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Title	Misers in Fairview, Indiana
Alternative Title	Misers;
Genre	Legends -- People -- Eccentrics
Description	Lisa Vicars' transcribed interview of David Harris about a miser in Fairview, Indiana. According to Harris, there was an old man who didn't believe in banks so he buried his money in jars in his yard. When he got drunk he would rebury it in other places and forget where it was. The old man hired kids to help him dig it up sometimes.
Informant	Harris, David
Collector	Vicars, Lisa
Date of Original	1995-03-14
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Randolph County -- Fairview -- 1995
Subject	Legends People Misers Miserliness
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-08
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-Misers011

Misers in Fairview, Indiana

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