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Title	Stiffy Green, Vigo County, Indiana
Genre	Local legend
Description	Michelle DeWeese's transcribed account of the legend of Stiffy Green as collected by Janet L. Erwin. According to the legend, Stiffy was a dog who died of heartbreak shortly after his master's death. He was then stuffed and placed inside the mausoleum, which is located in Highland Lawn Cemetery in Vigo County, Indiana.
Informant	DeWeese, Michelle
Collector	Erwin, Janet L.
Date of Original	1994-04-16
Contextual Information	The collector notes that most people still believe Stiffy Green to be a real dog when, in fact, he is a statue of a dog. See Motif-Index of Folk Literature B301.1.3 Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- 1994
Subject	Dogs Ghosts Tombs & sepulchral monuments
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-12-07
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-StiffyGreen050

Stiffy Green, Vigo County, Indiana

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