The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE MYSTERIOUS BLACK DOG

ONE DAY, OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY, A STRANGE LITTLE
BLACK SHEPHERD DOG WALKED INTO DAISY'S FAMILY'S HOME.
HE MINDED THE TABLE, PROTECTED ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS,
AND JUMPED ON STRANGERS WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE HOUSE.
THREE WEEKS LATER HE DISAPPEARED. DAISY SAID, "HE
CAME WITH THE WIND AND LEFT WITH THE WIND."
NOW DAISY WAS NAMED AFTER HER AUNT WHO LIVED FOUR
HOUSES FROM THEM AT THE TIME. HER AUNT'S HUSBAND,
WHO WAS DAISY'S UNCLE, DIED. SHE HONESTLY SAID
THAT THIS SMALL STRANGE BLACK DOG WAS THE GHOST OF
HER UNCLE WHO HAD DIED NOT TOO MANY DAYS BEFORE
THE LITTLE DOG WALKED INTO THEIR HOUSE.

Submitter comment: ORIGIN: CHILDHOOD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Date learned: 07-23-1964