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Title	Crybaby bridge
Genre	Local legend
Description	This is Marsha Caudell's typewritten account of the legend of Crybaby Bridge collected by Cheryl McKinney. According to legend, a family of a father, mother, and baby were driving home one night. The baby and the father were killed in an accident near a bridge, and the mother can be seen looking for her baby with a lantern.
Informant	Caudell, Marsha
Collector	McKinney, Cheryl
Date of Original	1967-11
Contextual Information	This is an unusual variant of the Crybaby Bridge legend. This legend is peculiar in that it does not list the sound of the baby crying, but instead has the mother searching for her baby.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Lawrence County -- Mitchell -- 1967
Subject	Accidents Bridges lanterns Searching Supernatural
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-03-14
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf- Crybaby Bridge001

Crybaby bridge

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