The children used to fearfully look in the well, and on seeing the reflected face in the bottom, would cry out, “Face in the well, pull me down in the well,” and would then run away quickly.
Bruynswick, N. Y.
Superstition #85
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 85.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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