The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BLOOD STAINS

ONE OF THE INFORMANT'S NEIGHBORS AT ONE TIME HAD LIVED IN NEW JERSEY
THE HOUSE IN WHICH SHE LIVED CONTAINED A BLOOD STAIN ON THE LIVING
ROOM FLOOR. A MURDER HAD BEEN COMMITTED IN THE HOUSE SEVERAL YEARS
BEFORE. THE BLOOD STAIN COULD NOT BE REMOVED EITHER BY SCRUBBING,
SANDING, OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE ONLY SOLUTION IN ALL THE YEARS THAT
SHE LIVED THERE WAS TO COVER IT UP WITH A RUG.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBOR.

Date learned: 03-31-1967