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Hidden : 8/10/2014
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Torpet har även kallats Holmahult, och omnämns första gången i mantalslängder 1768.
På senare delen av 1800-talet flyttar Johan Eriksson med hustru Johanna Mathilda in på Viken.
Deras äldste son Frans Gustaf, gemenligen kallad ”Vikaluen” var, 
innan han intogs på uppfostringsanstalten Hall, en verklig skräck för orten. 
Ingen som inte närmare kände honom kunde dock ana att bakom hans vackra och troskyldiga blå ögon doldes så många oarter.
Hans sju syskon var inte heller så lätta att tas med, kanske beroende på föräldrarnas uppfostringsmetoder.
Det berättas att även en ”erkänd” slagskämpe från Ulfåkraholm inte rådde på ”vikaluens” syster Elna.

Torpskylten finns mitt för mötesplatsen.

 

Croft has also been called Holmahult, and are first mentioned in census records 1768

In the later part of the 1800s moving Johan Eriksson with wife Johanna Mathilda into the croft. 
Their eldest son Frans Gustaf, commonly called "Vikaluen" was a real horror for the rneigborhood.
No one who knew him no closer, however, could have imagined that behind his
beautiful and innocent blue eyes were hidden so much misbehavior. 
His seven siblings were not so easy to be with either, perhaps because of their parents' upbringing. 
It is said that even a "well known" fighter from Ulfåkraholm not managed to beat "vikaluens" sister Elna. 
Croft plate is situated at the sign for meeting place.

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