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PROSE NARRATIVE
IF YOU KISS A GHOST YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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MOURNING TOO MUCH DISTURBS THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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GHOSTS CANNOT EAT AT THE TABLE WITH MORTALS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE GHOST
THE WILHOITE FAMILY THAT LIVED IN THE OLD FAMILY HOME WAS WARNED OF DISASTER BY THE KNOCKING OF THEIR GHOST. IT IS TOLD THAT THE GHOST KNOCKED THREE TIMES TO WARN OF SERIOUS TROUBLE. THE FIRST TIME THAT THE KNOCKING WAS HEARD, THE SLAVES THOUGHT THE HOUSE WOULD FALL IN. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE SON OF THE FAMILY DIED. THE SECOND TIME, THE KNOCKING CAME AND LATER WORD WAS RECEIVED THAT HENRY HORTON HAD BEEN HURT IN A WRECK. THE THIRD TIME THE KNOCKING WARNED THEM, THE FAMILY DISCOVERED THAT A FIELD NEAR THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-22-1970
THE SPOOKLIGHT
IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI, NEAR THE HORNET COUNTRY STORE AREA, THERE IS A LIGHT THAT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND SHINES ON OBJECTS, PEOPLE, TREES, ANYTHING. IT COMES AT NIGHT. STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE LIGHT AND SCIENTISTS HAVE INVESTIGATED IT. SOMETIMES CALLED THE HORNET SPOOKLIGHT, IT HAS BEEN SEEN BY MANY PEOPLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVES THERE IS SUCH A LIGHT, BUT SHE HAS NEVER SEEN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BROWN MOUNTAINS LIGHTS
A MOTHER AND SON WERE LOST ON BROWN MOUNTAIN IN NORTH CAROLINA. STRANGE LIGHTS RESEMBLING AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS ARE OFTEN SEEN ON THE MOUNTAIN. THERE ARE NO ROADS, NO PHOSPHORUS DEPOSITS AND NO GAS PRODUCING CONDITIONS, BUT THE LIGHTS APPEAR. THE STORY IS THAT THE HUSBAND AND FATHER SEARCHES FOR THE LOST ONES AND THE LIGHTS ARE HIS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE STORY, BUT SHE HAS SEEN THE LIGHTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF - LEGEND
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST, ESPECIALLY AROUND PARLEY'S
ISLAND, A STORY HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION OF THE "GREY GHOST." THE STORY ORIGINATED PRIOR
TO CIVIL WAR TIMES. THE STORY BEGAN FROM A YOUNG MAN
RETURNING HOME FROM A WAR TO FIND HIS FIANCEE MARRIED. HE
ONLY PEEPED IN A WINDOW AND FOUND HER HAPPY, WHICH WAS HIS
MAIN DESIRE, AND SO HE TURNED FROM THE HOME ANAD WALKED INTO
THE OCEAN. ON MANY OCCASIONS, THE GREY GHOST HAS RETURNED
AS A WARNING OF IMPENDING TROUBLE OR DISASTER. THE LAST
SUCH OCCURANCE WAS DURING THE APPROACH OF THE HURRICANE,
HAZEL IN 1955. THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF EVACUATING PARLEY'S
ISLAND HAD CHECKED EACH HOUSE, BUT AS THEY LEFT THE ISLAND,
THEY SAW THE FIGURE OF THE GREY GHOST IN A LIGHTED WINDOW
WATCHING OVER THE ISLAND. DURING MY VACATION ON THE ISLAND
A FEE YEARS AGO, TWO TEENAGE BOYS WERE WALKING ON THE BEACH
BEFORE A THUNDER AND WINDSTORM ARRIVED AND DECLARED THEY
SAW A FIGURE WALKING TOWARD THEM, BUT AS THEY CAME NEARER,
THE FIGURE DISAPPEARED. WHEN THEY CAME INSIDE, THEY WERE
AS WHITE AS A SHEET, AS IF THEY HAD SEEN A GHOST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
"THE GHOST OF RESTON"
RESTON, VIRGINIA NEAR WASHINGTON, D. C. IS NOW A NEW TOWN, BUT
WAS ONCE THE SITE OF A BEAUTIFUL MANSION ALSO KNOWN AS RESTON.
A YOUNG GIRL WITH LONG BLONDE HAIR LIVED HERE LONG AGO. SHE
WAS COURTED BY A MAN WHO BECAME INSANELY JEALOUS AND IN A
FIT OF ANGER, KILLED AND DECAPITATED HER, TAKING THE HEAD
WITH HIM IN HIS FLIGHT. THE HEADLESS BODY WAS BURIED ON
THE GROUNDS OF RESTON, BUT THE HEAD WAS NEVER DISCOVERED.
SEARCHING FOR HER HEAD, THE GHOST OF RESTON HAUNTED THE
MANSION UNTIL IT WAS DEMOLISHED. WITHOUT A HOUSE OR HEAD
NOW, SHE CONTINUES TO HAUNT LONELY ROAD AND WOODS NEAR
THE TOWN OF RESTON AND HAS RECENTLY APPEARED TO SEVERAL
CARLOADS OF TEENAGERS WHO HAVE MADE A HOBBY OF "GHOST
WATCHING." SHE SEEMS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BLONDE
GIRLS LIKE HERSELF, FOR WHEN A CAR CONTAINING A BLONDE
PARKED NEAR, SHE NOT ONLY APPEARED, BUT DREW CLOSE TO
THE CAR AND TRIED TO ENTER THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE
GIRL INSIDE SCREAMED AND THE GHOST DISAPPEARED.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING AND STRUCTURE CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF - GHOSTS
A HOUSE IN CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTED.
IT WAS SAID THAT A MAN AND HIS WIFE USED TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE.
THE MAN DIED MYSTERIOUSLY AND DISAPPEARED. HE WAS THOUGHT TO
BE BURIED ON THE HILL JUST ABOVE THE HOUSE. HIS WIFE DIED
ABOUT A YEAR AFTER HE DID AND IT WAS SAD THAT SHE HAUNTS THE
HOUSE AND CARRIES A LIGHT UPON THE HILLSIDE LOOKING FOR HER
HUSBAND'S GRAVE.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
IN MT. CRAWFORD, VIRGINIA THS STORY IS OFTEN TOLD. THERE WAS
A REAL OLD LADY THAT LIVED IN A LOG CABIN. SHE WAS VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A WITCH. SHE
HAD A CAT THAT WOULD CLIMB ON TOP OF AN OLD BOARD FENCE
EVERY NIGHT AND WOULD MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF NOISE. SO ONE
NIGHT, THESE BOYS TOOK THE CAT AND CUT OFF HIS CLAWS SO THAT
HE WOULDN'T CLIMB THE FENCE. THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT
THE CAT. HOWEVER. WHEN SOMEONE WENT TO VISIT THE OLD LADY,
SHE WAS SITTING IN HER ROCKING CHAIR. ALL OF HER FINGERS
WERE CUT OFF AT THE ENDS AND SHE HAD RAGS WRAPPED AROUND THEM.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
IN THE EARLY 1900'S, BLACK WOMEN WHO CARRIED CLOTHES ON THEIR
HEADS WERE THOUGHT TO BE BEWITCHED WITH EVIL SPIRITS AND WERE
CALLED CUNGERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF - GHOSTS
MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THAT SHE LIVED IN A HOUSE BETWEEN MIDDLEBROOK
AND GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA. THE MAN WHEN SHE MOVED IN SAID NOT
TO PAY ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE HEARD IN THE HOUSE, BUT SHE
DID. ONE MORNING, THEY WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE EATING WHEN
UPSTAIRS IN THE ROOM WHERE HIS WIFE HAD A SPINNING WHEEL, SHE
HEARD THE WHEEL SPINNING. SHE WENT UP INTO THE ROOM, BUT
THE WHEEL WAS TIED UP JUST LIKE IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN. HIS
WIFE HAD DIED IN THIS HOUSE AND THEY COULD HEAR HER CHINA
WASH BOWL RATTLE MANY TIMES AND NOBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN
THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY KEPT IT LOCKED. THEY DID NOT LIVE IN
THAT HOUSE VERY LONG.
Submitter comment: REASON COLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
ONCE THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS BURIED ALIVE. AFTER BEING
BURIED TWO DAYS, SOMEONE DUG UP THE GRAVE. THEY OPENED THE
COFFIN AND THE CLOTH WAS TORN OUT. HER FINGERNAILS WERE
ALL GONE FROM SCRATCHING AND THEY WERE BLEEDING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THERE IS A HOUSE IN VERONA, VIRGINIA AND IF YOU GO THERE AT
NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAN IN A CAGE AND HIS WIFE IS BEATING
HIM. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T FIND THE HOUSE IN THE DAY.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THERE WAS A GREAT BIG YELLOW HOUSE IN WHICH A MAN KILLED HIS
WIFE AND KIDS. EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE, BUT
MY GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO IT. THEY SAID YOU COULD HEAR BABIES
CRYING AND WEIRD NOISES EVERY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THERE WAS ONCE A GIRL WHO LOVED THIS MAN. SHE WANTED TO MARRY
HIM, BUT HER FATHER SAID NO. HER FATHER PAID THIS MAN TO GO.
THE GIRL THEN JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE. SHE COMES BACK EVERY
NIGHT TO JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF - GHOSTS
THESE PEOPLE WENT DRIVING NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. THEY STOPPED
THE CAR AND WERE SITTING THERE WHEN A HAND REACHED OUT AND
CAUGHT HOLD OF THE HANDLE OF THE CAR DOOR OUTSIDE. A HAND WAS
ALL THEY COULD SEE. IT WAS ALL BLOODY AND TORN UP. THEY TOOK
OFF AS FAST AS THEY COULD, BUT THE HAD FELL OFF AND THEY
COULDN'T FIND IT. THEY FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY, THAT A MAN
HAD BEEN KILLED WHERE THEY WERE THAT NIGHT.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THIS BOY WAS GOING TO HIS COUSIN'S TO GO FISHING WITH THEM.
WHEN HE GOT OFF THE TRAIN, NOBODY WAS THERE TO MEET HIM, SO
HE TOLD THE TRAINMASTER THAT HE WOULD WALK. THE TRAINMASTER
THEN SAID, "BEWARE OF JACOB MARLEY." THE BOY DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANT, BUY HE STARTED WALKING TOWARD HIS
COUSIN'S HOUSE. IT WAS RAINING AND THUNDERING WHEN HE SET
OUT. HE HADN'T BEEN WALKING VERY LONG WHEN HE HEARD A
WAGON AND HORSES BEHIND HIM. HE SAW AN OLD MAN DRIVING AN
OLD WAGON. WHEN THE WAGON CAME NEARER, HE YELLED OUT, "CAN
I HAVE A RIDE?" NO ANSWER CAME FROM THE MAN, SO THE BOY
JUMPED ON. WHEN HE WAS NEARING HIS COUSIN'S HOUSE HE SAID,
"GET OFF HERE," BUT THE WAGON KEPT GOING. HE JUMPED OFF,
BUT HE HAD LEFT HIS SUITCASE ON THE WAGON. HE WENT IN AND
TOLD HIS COUSINS ALL ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY SAID,
"YOU MUST OF BEEN RIDING WITH JACOB MARLEY." THIS IS THE
STORY THEY TOLD HIM: ONE NIGHT IT WAS THUNDERING AND
LIGHTNING AND IT WAS RAINING VERY BAD. JACOB MARLEY WAS
DRIVING HIS CARRIAGE ALONG THAT SAME ROAD THAT NIGHT.
THERE WAS A SHARP RIGHT TURN ABOVE THEIR HOUSE AND MARLEY
HAD GONE OVER THE CLIFF. THE NEXT MORNING THEY WENT DOWN
TO THE CLIFF AND FOUND HIS SUITCASE.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF - GHOSTS
THIS BOY IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA WAS DATIMNG A GIRL WHO LIVED
NEXT TO A GRAVEYARD. THEY USED TO WALK THROUGH IT AT NIGHT
AND LOOK AT THE TOMBSTONES. ONE NIGHT WHILE THEY WERE WALKING,
HE SAW A GRAVE HAD BEEN DUG UP, BUY SHE PAID NO ATTENTION TO
IT. HE FELT SOMETHING GRAB HIS SHOULDER AND HE STARTED
RUNNING TOWARD HOME. HE DIDN'T FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS AND HE
NEVER CALLED ON THE GIRL AGAIN.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
THIS MAN USED TO BEAT HIS HORSE AND HE WOULD MAKE IT WORK HARD
AND WOULDN'T LET IT REST. WHEN THE HORSE GOT OLD, THE MAN
SHOT IT AND JUST LET IT LAY TO DECAY. IF YOU GO BY THE MAN'S
HOUSE YOU CAN SEE THE HOSE WORKING IN THE FIELDS. THEY SAY
THAT THE HORSE CAME BACK TO LIFE AND KILLED HIS MASTER.
Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969