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ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 1ST (THE DAY BEFORE ALL
SOULS DAY) IT IS A CUSTOM TO PLACE A GLASS OF
WATER ON A LEDGE OUTSIDE A WINDOW SO THAT THE MANY
SOULS WHO WILL BE GOING TO HEAVEN THAT DAY DUE TO
THE SPECIAL PRAYERS SAID FOR THEM, WILL BE ABLE TO
HAVE A DRINK OF WATER, WHILE ON THEIR WAY. THESE SOULS,
GRATEFUL FOR THE COOLING WATER, WILL THEN REMEMBER
YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
TO PREVENT A GHOST FROM COMING INTO THE HOUSE, NAIL
THE NAME OF THE DECEASED OVER THE FRONT DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE JACK O'LANTERN IS COMMONLY BELIEVED TO BE THE WANDERING
SOUL OF ONE WHO HAS BEEN REFUSED ENTRANCE INTO BOTH HEAVEN
AND HELL. HE OFTEN TERRIFIES NIGHT TRAVELERS; SOMETIMES HE
WARNS THEM. HE IS FAMOUS FOR LEADING THEM ASTRAY, BUT HAS
BEEN KNOWN TO DIRECT THOSE IN TROUBLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD STORY TO A FEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CHILDREN A FEW YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
WEAR GARLIC AROUND YOUR NECK TO KEEP EVIL SPIRITS
AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
IF YOU STEP ON A PERSON'S GRAVE, THAT PERSON WILL TURN
OVER IN HIS GRAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ROLL OVER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU'RE BORN WITH A VEIL OVER YOUR HEAD YOU CAN SEE GHOSTS. ANYBODY WHO CAN SEE GHOSTS CAN TELL YOU TO LOOK OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND YOU'LL SEE THEM, TOO.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BELIEF
A SPIRIT WILL HAUNT YOU IF YOU STEP ON ITS GRAVE IN THE
CEMETERY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU SEE A PERSON WHO HAS DIED, SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL
DIE SOON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
PROSE NARRATIVE
GHOSTS MUST BE BACK IN THEIR GRAVES WHEN A CROCK CROWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
GHOSTS CANNOT REST IF THEY HAVR ANY EARTHLY TIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
PROSE NARRATIVE
MOURNING TOO MUCH DISTURBS THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROSE NARRATIVE
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