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Title	Outlaw legend, Rushville, Indiana
Alternative Title	Outlaws; Bad guys; Outlaws and bad guys; Bad guys and outlaws;
Genre	Legends -- Crime legends -- Outlaws, bad guys, and roughnecks
Description	Rebecca Floyd's transcribed of an anonymous source about roughnecks in Rushville, Indiana. According to this source, men used to have head butting contests. They'd back up and run at each other like rams. They would even say "baaa" like rams before running at each other. Men would bet on who would win.
Informant	Anonymous
Collector	Floyd, Rebecca
Date of Original	1972-12-08
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Rush County -- Rushville -- 1972
Subject	Legends People Criminals Crimes
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-07-22
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-Outlaws041

Outlaw legend, Rushville, Indiana

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