"The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be commander-in-chief of all the powers of he air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback, without a head. It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball in some nameless battle during the Revolutionary War, and who is ever and anon seen by the country folks hurrying along in the gloom of the night, as if on the wings of the wind." - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Rosie Posie 