The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BELIEF - GHOSTS

WHEN SETTLERS WERE PUSHING INWARD, ONE FAMILY BY THE NAME OF
MOON SETTLED IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA ALONG THE JAMES
RIVER. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, THE HOUSE BECAME INHABITED IN
TIME TO BECOME FAMOUS FOR THE MOON GHOST. THERE ON DARK,
STORMY NIGHTS MANY WEIRD TALES ORIGINATED BY PASSING TRAVELERS.
ONE PERSON WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS DECIDED TO PROVE HIS
POINT. WITH A LAMP AND BOOK, HE SETTLED DOWN FOR A BORING
NIGHT. JUST THEN A LARGE CAT WALKED INTO THE ROOM. THE CAT
ACTED REAL SOCIABLE AND JUMPED ON THE TABLE. HE SAID TO THE
MAN, "THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYONE BUT YOU AND ME HERE
TONIGHT. THIS WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE MAN, SO HE SAID, "IN A
MINUTE, THERE WON'T BE ANYONE HERE BUT YOU." HE THEN RAN
FOR THE DOOR. HE WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE MOON GHOST.

Submitter comment: REASON COLLECTED: CLASS ASSIGNMENT

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Date learned: 03-07-1969