The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

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

Date learned: 03-07-1969