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Grey River Argus, 4 May 1935, Page 5

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HUNGARIAN GIRL Recovers as a Spaniard (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received May 3. 10 p.m.) BUDAPEST, Alay 2. The newspapers publish an amazing story of soul migration. Iris Farczday, an engineer’s daughter, after the criis in a severe attack of influenza, awoke, but she was not recognising her family. She was talking Spanish fluently and constantly, and was rejerring to Pedro and Aladrid, though she had not previously heard the Spanish language, or visited Spain. The girl was unable to speak her native Hungarian, and she was, ac-c.-idingly, taught German, upon which she ■ explained that she was Senora l’t dro Salvio, a Spanish charwoman, v.ho died when Iris suffered the attack of influenza. Iris sings iu Spanish and cooki Spanish dishes. She is delighted however, to find herself changed from a poor, forty-year-mother, with many chi’dren, to a girl living in comfort with her parents, to whom she is very attached. She is now calling her mother 1 ‘ Senora. ’ ’ Spaniards are amazed at the accuracy of her description of Madrid Her mother declares that Iris died, and that stranger’s soul has entered her