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The Ghost of Harry Maine

October 27, 2024January 1, 2025 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Harry Maine's house on Water Street in Ipswich

Harry Maine — you have heard the tale; He lived there in Ipswich Town; He blasphemed God, so they put him down with an iron shovel, at Ipswich Bar; They chained him there for a thousand years, As the sea rolls up to shovel it back; So when the sea cries, the goodwives say "Harry Maine growls at his work today."

Posted in LegendsTagged 1671, Harry Maine, Ipswich, Mooncusser, pirate, Plum Island
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel
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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
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