@edgarblythe,
Ah, Mr. Creator, it's always good to see you here, and thanks for your comments.
I love Ella May Morse, and you sent me searching again.
“Rip Van Winkle” is such a well-known tale that almost every child in the United States has read it or heard it narrated at one time or another. Rip is a simple-minded soul who lives in a village by the Catskill Mountains. Beloved by the village, Rip is an easygoing, henpecked husband whose one cross to bear is a shrewish wife who nags him day and night.
Somehow, that reminded me of "the headless horseman."
Here's Johnny Depp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHt8SdUj-U