The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
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- Don't Spare the Rod
Ichabod follows that great advice about sparing the rod and spoiling the child with his students. Ever wonder where the expression comes from? Actually…it's in the Bible (well, a variation of it, anyway). Man, who knew Proverbs suggests you beat your kids? - There's Nothing Sleepy about War
Maybe all the talk of ghosts and supernatural occurrences in Sleepy Hollow is because a war happened there not too long before the story begins. Yep, America wasn't very old at that point, and the revolution went directly through New York. Here's the state's role in separating from the Brits.