headless mule

American

[hed-lis myool] / ˈhɛd lɪs ˈmjul /

noun

a ghostly creature of Brazilian legend that is said to have been a woman who fornicated with a priest and is now condemned to gallop about as a headless mule with fire spewing from its neck.

The headless mule rampages through the town on moonless nights.

First recorded in 1945–50

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