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EASTERN UNIVERSITY TOWER

AT EASTERN UNIVERSITY IF THE WATER TOWER DOESN'T CRUMBLE WHEN A
FRESHMAN WALKS BY THAT FRESHMAN WILL NOT GRADUATE A VIRGIN. LEGEND
HAS IT THAT WHEN IT DOES CRUMBLE IT WILL BE A MALE FRESHMAN WALKING
BY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER

Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PREDICTION

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Man made container. Well, pool....
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- School

Date learned: 11-13-1968

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POOL FULL OF SNAKES

IT IS TOLD IN LARAMIE, WYOMING THAT TWO YOUNG GIRLS
ON A HOT DAY STARTED LOOKING FOR A COOL PLACE TO
SWIM. SINCE THERE AREN'T A GREAT NUMBER OF POOLS
IN WYOMING, THEY DECIDED TO TRY A POND THEY FOUND.
PUTTING ON THEIR SUITS, THEY DECIDED THAT ONE OF
THEM WOULD TEST THE WATER OUT. SHE JUMPED IN AND
IMMEDIATELY FELT THE SENSATION OF PINS PRICKING HER
IN VARIOUS PLACES. THINKING SHE HAD RUN INTO SOME
UNDERWATER BARBED WIRE, SHE CALLED TO THE OTHER GIRL
NOT TO COME IN, AND THEN SHE STUMBLED TO THE BANK
WHERE SHE PASSED OUT AND DIED WITHIN MINUTES. THE
POND WAS A BREEDING PLACE FOR WATER MOCCASINS.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Man made container. Well, pool....

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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HAUNTED WELL

IN COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA THERE IS A HAUNTED WELL.
EVERY YEAR ON A CERTAIN DAY YOU CAN GO TO THE FIELD
SURROUNDING THE WELL AND HEAR A BABY CRYING IN IT.
THE STORY IS THAT A BABY FELL IN THE WELL AND WAS
NOT FOUND UNTIL TOO LATE. IT CRIED EVERY YEAR ON
THE NIGHT OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DEATH.

Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Man made container. Well, pool....

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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