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Title	Four arches, Putnam County, Indiana
Alternative Title	Spontaneous honk
Genre	Local legend
Description	This is Linda Hillburn's typewritten account of the Four Arches near Greencastle in Putnam County, Indiana. According to the story, if you park your car under the Arches and honk your horn four times, a man with an ax will come out and murder you. Hillburn states that she made up the story to frighten a friend and that the story still circulates among area residents.
Informant	Hillburn, Linda
Collector	Hutcheson, Kevin
Date of Original	1988-11-24
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Putnam County -- Greencastle -- 1988
Subject	Bridges Railroad bridges Arches Axes Homeless persons
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2010-12-06
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf- The Arches001

Four arches, Putnam County, Indiana

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