Madam Pigott
Ringkasan
Madam Pigott adalah hantu White Lady dari Chetwynd dan Newport di Shropshire, arwah seorang ibu yang meninggal saat melahirkan dan konon melompat ke kuda para penunggang di malam hari.
Madam Pigott is a White Lady ghost of Chetwynd and Newport in Shropshire, the spirit of a mother who died in childbirth and is said to leap onto riders' horses at night.
Kisah dan tradisi
Madam Pigott, juga dieja Madam Piggott, adalah hantu yang konon menghantui Chetwynd Park dan kota pasar Newport di Shropshire, dan mirip dengan White Lady lain dalam cerita rakyat Britania. Charlotte Burne menyebutnya teror lama bagi Chetwynd dan Edgmond. Menurut kisahnya, ketika ia melahirkan, suaminya hanya berkata 'one should lop the root to save the branch'; ibu dan bayi sama-sama meninggal, dan arwahnya tidak dapat beristirahat. Setiap malam tepat pukul dua belas ia keluar dari pintu kolong di atap Chetwynd (old) Rectory. Tempat kesukaannya adalah jalan curam bernama Cheney Hill, dan ia biasa duduk di akar pohon yang disebut Madam Pigott's Armchair sambil menyisir rambut bayinya pada malam terang bulan. Bila penunggang kuda lewat, ia bersama kucing hitamnya melompat ke belakangnya dan berpegangan sampai tiba di air mengalir, karena ia tidak bisa menyeberanginya. Dua belas rohaniwan dipanggil untuk menenangkan arwahnya dengan terus membaca Mazmur, dan seorang di antaranya berhasil karena tetap membaca setelah yang lain kelelahan. Dalam versi yang dituturkan Dimiti kepada Groome (yang menegaskan legenda ini tidak berasal dari kaum Gipsy), ia adalah Miss Pigott yang tewas terlempar dari kuda di Chetwynd End; arwahnya dikurung dalam botol di Chetwynd Pool, tetapi kembali setelah botol itu pecah. Kisah ini dikenal luas di sekitar Chetwynd, dan penampakannya masih dilaporkan hingga 2014 di sekitar jalan A41 antara Newport dan Market Drayton.
Madam Pigott, also spelt Madam Piggott, is a ghost said to haunt Chetwynd Park and the market town of Newport in Shropshire, resembling other White Ladies of British folklore. Charlotte Burne's collection calls her the ancient terror of Chetwynd and Edgmond. In the tale, when she gave birth her husband only said 'one should lop the root to save the branch'; mother and child both died, and her spirit could find no rest. Every night at exactly twelve o'clock she came out of a trap-door in the roof of Chetwynd (old) Rectory. Her favourite haunt was the steep lane called Cheney Hill, and she would sit on a tree-root called Madam Pigott's Armchair combing her baby's hair on moonlit nights. Whenever a horseman came by, she leapt up with her black cat onto the horse behind him and held tight until they came to running water, which she could not pass. Twelve clergy were summoned to lay her by reading Psalms without pause, and one succeeded by reading on after the rest were exhausted. In the version Dimiti told Groome (who stresses that the legend has no claim to Gipsy origin) she is Miss Pigott, killed when thrown from her horse at Chetwynd End; her spirit was bottled in Chetwynd Pool but returned when the bottle broke. The tale was widely known around Chetwynd, and sightings were reported as recently as 2014 around the A41 road between Newport and Market Drayton.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Inggris
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Spirit
- Habitat
- Fields
Nama lain / Alternate names
Madam Piggott, Miss Pigott
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Madam Pigott tidak bisa menyeberangi air mengalir, sehingga penunggang kuda bisa lepas darinya dengan menyeberangi sungai kecil.
Madam Pigott cannot cross running water, so a rider could escape her by crossing a stream.