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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, BUT HE STARTED WALKING TOWARD HIS COUSIN'S HOUSE. IT
WAS RAINING AND THUNDERING WHEN HE HAD 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, "I 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 HAPPENED. THEY SAID, "YOU MUST OF BEEN RIDING WITH JACOB
MARLEY."
THIS IS THE STORY THEY TOLD HIM:
ONE NIGHT, IT WAS THUNDERING AND LIGHTENING, 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.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOST HAUNTS SCENE OF ACCIDENT.
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF YOU SEE A RABBIT WHILE YOU ARE PREGNANT, YOU WILL HAVE A
HARE-LIPPED BABY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 07-01-1970
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 HAND 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.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOST HAUNTS SCENE OF ACCIDENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
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.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): SUICIDE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
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 GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER MOVED INTO IT.
THEY SAID YOU COULD HEAR BABIES CRYING AND WEIRD NOISES
EVERY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
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.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; VIRGINIA ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; VERONA ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
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: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
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 SETTING 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.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS GHOSTLY NOISE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IN MT. CRAWFORD, VIRGINIA, THIS STORY IS OFTEN TOLD. THERE
WAS A REAL OLD LADY THAT LIVED IN A LOG CABIN. SHE WAS VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS AND EVERYONE AROUND 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.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; VIRGINIA ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; MOUNT CRAWFORD ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Angel PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
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 IS SAID THAT SHE HAUNTS THE HOUSE
AND CARRIES A LIGHT UPON THE HILLSIDE LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND'S
GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; COLLEGE ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IT'S CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO BURN AN APPLE TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; CREATIVE WRITING CLASS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 04-28-1969
WHEN GIRLS ARE IN WEST HALL IN A BOY'S ROOM, (A MATCHBOOK'S
WIDTH) THE DOOR MUST BE KEPT OPEN (FOR PROPRIETY SAKE).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; WEST HALL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- School |
BELIEF: ACADEMIC GRADES
MAJORS IN A DEPARTMENT GET A'S AND B'S JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THAT DEPARTMENT, EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T DESERVE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THESE GIRLS (FRESHMEN) WERE GETTING THEIR GRADES AT THE END OF A SEMESTER. THIS IS THE USUAL TIME TO HEAR THIS STATEMENT. IT HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY SAID IN REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS HERE AT PEABODY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): EDUCATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, THERE ARE
ARCHES ON THE CAMPUS. IT IS SAID THAT IF
YOU WALK THROUGH THE ARCHES, YOU WON'T
GRADUATE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IF YOU DROP A PIECE OF FLAT-WEAR (TABLE SILVER) YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
Submitter comment: HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE HAD HEARD IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001968 SUMMER
GHOST LEGEND
AT E.T.S.U. THERE IS A POPULAR STORY OF A GHOST APPEARING OFTEN
IN A LIGHTED WINDOW OF AN OLD HOUSE. A GIRL ONCE DIED AND HER
PARENTS SEALED OFF THE ROOM WHICH WAS HERS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THERE IS A STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE ROOM AND ON CERTAIN NIGHTS
A LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE WINDOW AND THE SHADOW OF THE GIRL'S
GHOST CAN BE SEEN.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
TALE OF SECULAR HERO
A FAMOUS LANDMARK IN BELFAST, TENNESSEE, IS AN OAK TREE THAT
ANDREW JACKSON SUPPOSELY SLEPT UNDER ON HIS WAY TO FLORIDA TO
FIGHT THE CREEK INDIANS.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
EXPLANATION OF NAME OF CAMP SKY-WA-MO
ONCE THERE WERE THREE POWERFUL GODS WHO RULED THE WORLD. EACH
OF THEM THOUGHT HE WAS THE GREATEST, AND BECAUSE OF THIS THEY
WENT TO BATTLE TO PROVE WHO WAS THE MOST POWERFUL. THE SKY SENT
RAIN, WIND, AND COLD WEATHER AND THE PEOPLE BELOW WERE MISERABLE.
THE WATER SENT FLOODS AND WASHED AWAY THE LAND AND HOMES OF THE
PEOPLE. THE MOUNTAINS SENT ROCKS FALLING DOWN ONTO THE PEOPLE
DESTROYING THE CROPS THAT WERE LEFT. THE PEOPLE WERE MISERABLE
AND ASKED THAT THE GODS HELP THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE SICK AND
DYING. THE GODS WERE SO UPSET THAT THEY CALLED A MEETING AND
JOINED THEIR TORCHES TOGETHER AND AGREED TO NEVER ARGUE AGAIN
AND TO RENAME THE LAND SKY-WA-MO. THEY DID AND THAT'S HOW THE
CAMP GOT ITS NAME.
Submitter comment:
THIS LEGEND IS TOLD AND ACTED OUT EVERY YEAR AT CAMP SKY-WA-MO
WHERE THE INFORMANT HAS BEEN COUNSELOR.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
RELIGIOUS JOKE
JEWS ARE NOW EATING PORK.
CATHOLICS ARE EATING MEAT ON FRIDAY.
AND BAPTISTS ARE SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER IN THE LIQUOR STORE.
THE METHODISTS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS!
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
Date learned: 06-10-1972
JEST-LITTLE MORON JOKES
I SAW A SIGN THAT SAID THIS WAY TO NEW YORK AND I SAT ON IT BUT
IT DIDN'T MOVE.
WE'RE HAVING MORE WEATHER THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
I HAD MUMPS LAST WEEK BUT I'M SWELL NOW.
I CUT OFF THE BUTTONS FROM YOUR COAT AND PUT THEM IN THE POCKET
SO I WOULDN'T LOSE THEM.
I ENCLOSED THE PICTURE IN THE LETTER, BUT TOOK IT OUT SO I
WOULDN'T LOSE IT.
IF YOU DON'T GET THIS LETTER LET ME KNOW.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 06-30-1972