A South Jersey legend comes to life at the Beach Haven Public Library on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m., when Tony DiGerolamo presents “How to Hunt for the Jersey Devil.”
According to folklore, Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after finding she was pregnant for the 13th time, stated this one would be the devil. In 1735, she was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered around her.
Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch, and the child’s father was the Devil himself.
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