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Gambolin Ghost Returns To Grave After Hoedown
WEST MINTON Maine UP Jally Jeremiah Hilborn known as the gambolin ghost returned to his grave during a birthday hoedown for what would have been his 98th year. He danced with more than 150 revelers at Grange Hall as fiddlers played The Haymaker's Jig Boston Fancy and other tunes. Hilborn died in 1926 leaving a will for annual dances funded by his widow Bertha now 75.
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