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Thread #160772   Message #3814766
Posted By: Richie
14-Oct-16 - 10:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Berkshire Tragedy: Who done it?
Subject: RE: Origins: Berkshire Tragedy: Who done it?
Hi,

I've added a page and some woodcuts:
http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/6-bloody-miller-berkshire-tragedy-wexford-girl.aspx

Some Ballad Identifiers

1. The ballad story is told in the first person as a "dying confession" from a repentant murderer.
2. A miller or a miller's apprentice seduces a girl and she becomes pregnant.
3. When her father tries to persuade him to marry her, he lures her to a secluded place and murders her.
4. When accused of the murderer's blood runs from his nose, or he claims the blood on his clothes and hands is from a nosebleed.
5. He eventually confesses his crime and is hung.

I'll work on Mauge tomorrow :)

Richie