Note 241 — NOTES ON PARISHES ROUND HORNCASTLE. (continued 6)

The Hannaths had one other child, a girl, who married and is still living at Blackpool. Of the 18 buried here, one a girl, Ann, having been accidentally burnt, was a dwarf not only in body, but also in intellect. At 23 years of age she was only 26 inches high, and an idiot. She was buried July 9, 1844 (note in register). It is stated that her common way of showing that she wanted food, was to lick with her tongue the fire-grate. It is locally said that at the birth of each of the 18 children, a mysterious pigeon appeared, and, in consequence, the child died at once, or within a day or two of its appearance.