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looking for johnny booger ghost story

brian — 2 Nov 2006 6:59:27 GMT

i am trying to find a ghost story of johnny booger i think its in letcher county ky.

7th son of a 7th son

kayme — 12 Oct 2002 3:25:19 GMT

My family is from Arkanas and Kentucky. My great great grandparents, Abner McDonald and Mary Angeline Mitchel
had 7 sons. I've been told that the 7th son had magical powers. My Mother told me that once when she was a young girl, our uncle with special powers, made a wart on the back of her hand go away ( something about putting a piece of a potato on the wart, then burying it) Does anyone know anything about this lore ?

A Haunted House in Middlesboro, KY

charlyboyd91 — 23 Apr 2005 3:18:43 GMT

My sister and her family rented an old home in Middlesboro, Ky 30 + years ago.It was a big house and at one time it was probably considered a mansion in its day.
The house was very pretty, but it was spooky.It always felt like someone was watching you.And being a teenager your imagination can run wild.
A few years ago my sister and I visited.She moved from the house 25 yrs. ago. And we started remenising about memories.I'd never said anything to her about the feelings I had.And she began to tell me about things that happened while she lived there.At night when she would lay in bed.There was always shadows of people on the walls as if they were climbing the stairs,there was a woman that appeared to her twice in the time she lived there.And one day when her children were outside playing under the dining room window she overheard their conversation,and my neice age 6 asked her brother age3 if the little man came to play with him last night.When my sister asked her about it she didn't know what she was talking about.
So we decided to question my neice at the age 31 and she said this little man use to come to her and play with her and talk.And sometimes he'd tell her stories so she could go to sleep and told her if she ever told anyone about him he'd not come back.
My nephew insists that he would sit in the floor and play with the matchbox cars with the little guy.
If I'd of known this at that time I don't think I could of forced myself to go back.

Ghost Stories for a Book

paganist — 19 Feb 2008 8:41:54 GMT

I am looking for stories of local ghost or urban legends. If the story did not happen to you please DO NOT use the real names of the people. I also at least need the city and state it occurred in. If you would like your name printed as told by also send your name. If the place is public and people are allowed to go there please send the directions in the story also. Send to velvetbrooks@yahoo.com

Ghost Stories for a Book

paganist — 19 Feb 2008 8:41:32 GMT

An Old Cox Family Ghost Story...Harlan Cty, KY

cuzzinhunter_1 — 20 Apr 2004 10:04:29 GMT

I will share with you a ghost story from my family. My g- grandmother was Katy Cox Scott. She had a sister named Ginny Cox. They were the children of Joshua Cox.Ginny married Clarence Smith and this tale was told by Ginny many times.She swore her whole life it was true.

Ginny Cox Smith & Clarence Smith lived in Insull, KY. They owned a house with an upstairs. Now at the top of the steps going upstairs there was a door. This door had a latch on it and was not to be opened by anyone by order of Ginny; as told to me by my relatives.

Ginny and Clarence had a very stormy marriage, always fighting and bickering. One night after a particulary ugly fight they went to bed, bad feelings still between them. Ginny got in her side of the bed & pulled the covers up over her. She happened to look over toward the hearth where they kept the fire for heat.She saw a white apparition vaporize out of the hearth. She sat there dumbstruck as this entity started slowly walking toward the bed where she lay.

Ginny could here footsteps on the bare floor , just like a person would make, as it headed toward her in the bed. Nearer and nearer it drew, footsteps echoing as it came closer. When it reached the edge of the bed it reached over and threw the covers off Ginny!! The thing grabbed at Ginny's legs and got hold of her ankles. It then sqeezed Ginny's ankles three times, very hard. Ginny said it's hands were cold as ice. While Ginny sat there in terror the ghost walked away and headed toward the stairs. It entered the door at the top of the stairs. Well, after that Ginny latched that door and did not let it be opened again.

Ginny always swore after this incident that it was Clarence's dead mother that appeared to her and "punished" her for fighting with Clarence.

Strange Event in Morehead KY

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 7 Nov 2004 12:11:04 GMT

Good Morning,
I found an article on Morehead KY which is very interesting-and spooky.
It seems the incident took place near Skaggs Rd. in Morehead.
The URL to the story is:
http://home.fuse.net/ufo/moreheadindex.html
Have any of our researchers near Rowan County-heard of this incident?
Thank You,
Ramona

Legends of Witches and Shapeshifters of Kentucky.

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

Hi Everyone,
Some of our new members would like to hear more stories on the withces and shape-shifters of Kentucky.
William "Devil Bill" Boggs s/o Eli Boggs and Tabatha Pennington Boggs was said to be a witch who could bewitch guns, dogs, deer and other animals.
Bill is said to go to the top of a hill in Letcher Co. KY; and shoot his gun at the sun-cursed-blessed until the ground begin to shake and tremble and thunder was heard all round. If a person could stand all this-they would return from the bewitching place a witch.
John A. Black b. 1831 in Morgan Co. KY was known to be a shape-shifter.
You can read about John A. Black here:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/KY-FEUDS/2001-07/099642...
Enjoy,
Ramona

Murder of Alexander Goins

scbarker1 — 8 Sep 2004 3:23:09 GMT

There are many postings about family of Alexander Goins who was murdered in 1844. Has anyone found his family of origin or if it is possible that he had two families -- the one in Lawrence Co. KY and another?? I found one date of death in the info. about the Alex. Goins married to Effie Collins that makes his death place and date the same as for the Alex.Goins who was married to Mary Polly Skidmore. Any info. appreciated.

Our Family Lore concerning Babes

Ramona Woods — 10 Aug 2002 11:54:21 GMT

Good Morning Everyone,
Here is some family lore passed down through our family lines of Fraley-Smith-Sturgill concerning babies.
1) Don't cut a child's hair before the age of 1 year; or they will die.
2) If a baby does not get colic before the age of 1 year they will die.
3) Never take a child to a funeral--very bad luck!
4) Never let a child see itself in a mirror before the age of 1 year--I am really hung up on this old lore!
5) A very bright child will not live long-another lore that haunts me.
6) Never think to much of any child-and still another old lore that scares me.
It is amazing how family lore can mold a person's thinking.
Does anyone else have this old lores in their families?
Thank You,
Ramona

Witches of Harlan

PJ1966 — 26 Jan 2007 4:47:27 GMT

My family come from Harlan, KY- It is said that witches invaded Harlan. Was looking for surnames of the such and any possible info. My Mom remembers some old stories but everyone that might be able to remember such as a child is already gone.

Carter County Ghost stories

akiser2413 — 13 May 2004 12:41:59 GMT

Desperately searching for ghost stories/legends of Carter County. I am working on publishing a book about Carter County folklore and ghosts. ANY info you may have will be helpful. If it gets published...a free copy will be on its way to you!
Also if you own property with an interesting tale to share...or possible tour to give.. let me know so I can add you to "KY Roadtrips in a Box Registry"...it will send tourists your way for possible income potential..Just for giving them a small tour or telling them your story.

Let me know!

Kissing Your Loved Ones Goodbye.

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

Good Morning,
Has anyone heard of kissing their loved ones goodbye before their coffin is closed?
My Fraley-Osborne-Smith-Sturgill families have done this for generations and I was wondering in any one else has this old hill tradition in their family-or heard of this being done.
Thank you,
Ramona

It screamed like a woman

Jack — 10 Oct 2004 7:28:04 GMT

When I was younger I heard a story of a strange ghost/creature somewhere in southern kentucky. My aunt's friend's family originated from those parts and she said she never went to visit them because of this thing. Supposedly, it stood on two legs, was very tall and screamed like a woman. There seemed to be a lot of accounts she told me about, but only one stuck in my memory.
One of her relatives was visiting their great grandma, who lived a ways back in a holler. Later that night as she was leaving in her jeep, driving along the holler road, something stepped out of the woods in front of her. She jerked the wheel to miss it, but she caught a fleeting glimpse of it in her headlights. The thing was taller then any man and its eyes shown like a predator when the light refracted off of them. As she passed the thing, it reached out and tore the cloth top of her jeep wide open.

Now I don't know if this is all true. Some aspects of the thing reminds me of a mountain lion (the eyes, the scream, etc.), but I find it interesting none the less. I was just curious; has anyone else ever heard of tales like this? I wish I could provide more, but I am older now and don't recall all of the story. Over the years I have looked for similar yarns and folklore but found nothing on the matter. Any help would be much appreciate, thank you.

different sites about ghosts and folklore

circulating — 24 Apr 2007 1:44:23 GMT

Try checking this site for more info on the questions I've seen here. I've always loved a good ghost story and the history and lore behind them.

Troy Taylor is a reputable writer and investigator of Ghost Stories and Folklore http://www.prairieghosts.com/

I am needing some help.....

gavinsmommy61804 — 14 Mar 2007 9:52:37 GMT

I am trying to find actual haunted houses in the Barren County, Warren County, Monroe County, Cumberland County, Louisville, Elizabethtown area... Me and a few friends are interested in investigating the paranormal...Don't ask me why and dont tell me I don't know what I am getting into because I do...I feel like the only reason peoples spirits come back is because they have something to say...If you or anyone you know knows of a place that the owners would be willing to let us spend some time in please let me know...Thanks

Anyone Heard of Ten Cent Jimmy (Jimmies)

Stavros1965 — 7 Feb 2007 11:52:25 GMT

When I was a young boy visiting my Gradmother in Muhlenberg County I was told a scary story about Ten Cent Jimmy (Jimmies). I don't remember how the story went, only that it was scary. Has anyone ever heard of this? Thanks.

The woman dressed in a cape and no face

Sarah — 14 Sep 2006 3:30:56 GMT

My mother Ella Mae Sheckels grew up in Middlesboro Ky,my grandfather Jasper Sheckels sent her to the store,on the way back she saw a lady dressed in a long hooded cape coming toward her,she told a family member Oh thats Mrs - - - - - who they knew,as they got closer they started to say hello to the lady and when they looked into the hood over the ladys head there was no face,they were so scared they both took off as fast as they could go,does anyone remember this family.

Honestly It Is Not Honest Abe's Pa -- Wrong Thomas Lincoln Myth Continues In Cumberland County Kentucky

joneshistorian — 15 Jul 2006 5:42:03 GMT

Perryville Battle Field-Perryville KY

12 Oct 2004 12:30:27 GMT

As promised, I've got another true........
My husband & his reenacting bunch will sometimes split into 2 groups, or have 1 person to volunteer to be the "enemy" and will play @ night honing their battle skills for the reenactments. It is kind of like playing hide & seek in the dark, so that what I've always told my son when he was little, one particluar night @ the Perryville Battlefiled, not during the Perryville days, but as a seperate training excercise, the men were doing this one night that "Barry" and my husband had teamed up with some of the other guys to seek the "enemy" my husband & his group seperated into smaller groups, of which "Barry" was supposed to be part of my husbands smaller attachment. Barry got seperated in a "gun fight" that insued when they met up with the other side, so my husband thought he was with them, he started taking to Barry, & realized that Barry was gone, but the whole group was so far from everyone else that a few whispers wouldn't be heard, so my husband whisper called for Barry, a couple of times, until some one answered "I'm here, what is the next move, Major" the group looked around to find where the voice had came from Barry, & saw nothing, which didn't worry them @ the time b/c it was pitch black + a little foggy, so they went along to finish their game in finding the enemy, giving orders & all to Barry which were carried out to the letter, only to find out the "Barry" had been captured by the other side 5 minutes after the thing had started.

BIGFOOT IN KY

B.M.Nunnelly — 27 Mar 2006 4:56:04 GMT

Supersitions

kay merrill — 25 Oct 2004 11:35:02 GMT

I tried to post this message earlier, I don't think it went through. So forgive me if it did work earlier and I have two messages posted about the same things.

Does anyone know anything about the following:

Amulets
Buckeye beans and Charms (buckeye beans are suppose to be good luck charms - why?)
Conjure - someone conjuring someone else
Dogs and owls howling in the same night being a warning that someone is going to die.

Headless Hannah

Foxx — 13 Apr 2005 7:07:50 GMT

Has anyone ever heard a tale about Headless Hannah?

Thanks,

Sally Goodin was she real??

@@RedHd4Str8@aol.com — 26 Jun 2006 9:32:36 GMT

I am looking for info on Sally Goodin/Goodwin. She was the subject of a fiddle tune. Supposedley she lived along the banks of the Big Sandy river and in Pike county Ky. According to a song about her she had 14 children. She married her Mr Goodwin because a won a fiddle contest??
Is she a real lady? Does any one know who her Mr Goodwin was?? Could one of her children be a Henry B Goodwin? any info appreciated
thanks Mary
I am missing a g g g grandfather named Rev Henry B Goodwin, it was suggested by someone he was her son??

Burning Bread On Yourself

txtulip — 23 Oct 2003 11:28:53 GMT

My grandmother Della Smith from Evarts, KY always told us when we were kids and made fun of someone we just "burned bread on ourselves" and that something would happen to us that we would be made fun of (sometimes for the same thing - being short or fat or whatever).

I guess it came from making fun of someone because they burnt bread they were cooking.

It really kept us from being mean because we believed it!!

The Bell Witch~Liberty KY

galehnhard — 12 Mar 2005 1:44:48 GMT

Would like to find stories of the Bell Witch from around Liberty, Kentucky, or any where the Bell Witch was known to have haunted the Bell family. My mother (a member of the Bell family) at 102 Years, remembers some but memory is failing. Any info deeply appreciated.

Ghost Stories-Perryville KY

12 Oct 2004 12:23:43 GMT

hello all,
have been a reader for awhile now, but haven't posted, & until recently have forgotten that I actually have a few stories to pass down, some truely happened, some are questionable, others, well, you make up your mind. I'll try to post some stories this week, hopefully will remember all I want to tell by halloween. I'll start off with one that is as true as I'm sitting here. It happened to my husband & a friend abt 10+ yrs ago. We are Civil War reenactors, & camp @ the various battlefields in our period dress, & use the things that the people would have back then. This particular incident occured one night that we were reenacting the Battle of Perryville in Perryville, KY. It was late, the men were starting to bed down for the night when they started talking about who should stand guard and what shifts that they took, when we all heard hoof beats on the road 20 yds in front of us, so a couple of the men mounted their horses to make sure that the "other" side wasn't planning a raid on "our" camps, like sometimes happen. My husband and a long time friend of his jumped on their horses & caught up with the hoot beats, had the rider in between them on the road, & was abt to ask the rider what he was doing out so late when a car popped over the hill illuminating the road with my husband and his friend on either side and an empty space in between, these 2 came back to camp as white as sheets, & still to this day say that the hoof beats were in between them the whole time, even after the car illuminated that there was nothing there.
Several years later, we were again researcing that particular spot & was told that a Confederate Major had his horse shot out from under him @ that particular spot.

The Legends of Marie Laveau

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

Good Morning All,
Marie Laveau died June 15, 1881. She was New Orleans most famous voodoo priestess.
Her grave is in the St. Louis Cemetery Number 1, on North Rampart Street. This is the tomb visited by persons taking the ghost tour sponsored by the Voodoo Museum.
BUT, many historians believe that the tomb located at St. Louis Cemetery Number 1 is the tomb of Marie Laveau's dau. These historians believe that Mama Marie is buried in an unmarked grave located in St. Louis Cemetery Number 2.
The debate is that Mama Marie Laveau died in the early 1880s; and her place as a Voodoo priestess was then taken up by her dau Marie, who practiced voodoo until the turn of the century.
The one Marie believers believe that Marie Laveau was born in the early 1880's and was practicing voodoo as early as 1830 in Congo Square.
Marie Laveau lived at 1020 St. Ann Street; this home still stands and is said to be haunted.
Marie's portrait can be seen in the House of Voodoo located at 739 Bourbon Street.
Some say neither Marie Laveau ever died. When she "they?" sensed death's approach she "they?" turned herself/themself into a large black crow. The crow is still seen flying around the tomb and the thought to be unmarked grave of Marie Laveau.
This is so interesting and a legend I am still studying.
Have a Good Day,
Ramona

Weeksbury, KY-Coal Mines and Ghosts!

J Waddell — 28 Sep 2004 1:10:56 GMT

I was just curious if there is anybody else out there that has heard anything of this sort. When I was little, my best friend's grandma would tell us about when she was growing up in Weeksbury, Ky. Her daddy was a foreman in the coal mines, and she had many ghost stories that she told both first person and third person. And to think that she didn't even believe in ghosts! She always said, "I don't believe in ghosts, but I sure don't know how to explain what happened." There was one about a little dog that would jump on the miners as they tried to return home after dark. Sometimes they would just stay there at the mine because they said the dog wouldn't let them by. In the daytime however, there was no dog. It never bit them, but only would jump on them with great strength.
She also witnessed first hand a man that she could see through passing across the road in front of her. He was dressed in clothes far before her time (top hat, etc.), and crossed the road at a bridge in the middle of town.
This lady has now passed on, and I always have wondered if there was anybody else who knew about these things. Her maiden name was Croley.
Thanks,
Jess Waddell

A Bell Co Ghost Story

charlyboyd91 — 23 Apr 2005 3:18:43 GMT

When I was a small girl growing up in Bell Co, my grandpa use to tell the story of the woman who took sick in town.She lived in a house and had been there for days runnning a high fever and close to her death.
On the other end of town was a doctor,a little girl went to him and asked him to come with her, her mother was awfully sick.So the dr. got his bag and followed her to the house ,where they entered. She pointed to a door and said in there. The dr. walked in to find the woman in bad shape. She was so relieved to see the doctor.And then she asked, how did you know I was sick and he responded a child came and got me.She sat up and said the girl in the picture on my dresser and he replied yes, she told him her daughter had been dead for several years.And he replied , well today she has saved your life.
How much of this is the truth I do not know,For this was told to me over 50 yrs. ago

KY Midwives

kayme — 22 Jan 2005 10:22:03 GMT

does anyone know any history about midwives in the hills of Ark. and or Kentucky? How did one become one, etc. My GGGrandmother, Mary Angeline Mitchel McDonald was known to ride side saddle all through the hills to help deliver babies and tend to the ill.

R. L. Totten

Nathaniel_Elliott — 23 Jan 2005 6:11:30 GMT

from R. L. Totten, City Marshall (1934)

NOTICE

I have been ordered by the City Council to enforce the chicken ordinance and notice is herby given that no chickens will be allowed at large on the streets.

Welcome to Kentucky Folklore and Ghost Stories

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 6 Dec 2004 3:18:43 GMT

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to our new board on hainted Kentucky places and families. I hope we will all share our families stories of Ghosts and the folklore if Kentucky.
Thank you,
Ramona

"Poor Goins" A Song of Alexander Goins

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 9 Jun 2004 1:04:57 GMT

Grandma's Apron;In Memory of Virgie Adkins of Carter Co. KY

Tina — 21 Jun 2004 3:15:22 GMT

In Memory of Virgie Adkins of Carter County, Kentucky~

~Grandmas Apron~

The strings were tied,it was freshly washed, and maybe even pressed.
For Grandma, it was every day, to choose one when she dressed.

The simple apron that it was,you'd never think about;
The things she used it for, that made it look worn out.

She could have used it to hold,some wildflowers that she'd found.
Or to hide a crying child's face,when a stranger came around.

Imagine all the little tears,that were wiped with just that cloth.
Or it became a potholder,to serve some chicken broth.

She may have carried kindling,to stoke the kitchen fire.
To hold a load of laundry,or to wipe the clothesline wire.

When canning all her vegetables,it was used to wipe her brow.
You never know, she may have used it, to shoo flies from the cow.

She probably carried eggs in, from the chicken coop outside.
Whatever chore she used it for,she did them all with pride.

When my Grandma went to heaven,God said she now could rest.
I'm sure the apron that she chose,was her Sunday best.

~Thanks for looking,thought it might remind a few of their own Grandma's:)~

Song: When Molly met Tenbrook

Barbara McGee — 30 Dec 2003 6:21:45 GMT

Ghost Dog

tomicht — 1 Apr 2004 2:21:12 GMT

Has anyone out there ever heard of a ghost dog?
The story goes that when a person is either walking along a road at night or bringing in the livestock they've seen a small white dog trotting right along side of them. They try to scare or shoo it away, but it stays with them for just a minute or two and then disappears. This dog is supposed to foretell a loved one's death.

McClanahan Civil War story

meadresearch — 12 Dec 2002 4:02:55 GMT

Our family tells a story about my great great grandmother Sarah Jane McClanahan Adkins, who rode through the woods on a horse to tell the Union soldiers about the plans of the Confederates. My grandmother, Nellie Lee Compton Meade, told us that Sarah wore pointy-toed shoes and that they left marks on the trees.
One more story that must be connected is that Sarah Jane was "swept off the porch by the klan".

I recently read facts about Sarah Jane McClanahan's father, Cornelius "Neal" McClanahan, being a member of Morgan's Raiders after the Civil War....involved in murdering Union folks and also involved in the klan.

Has anyone else heard this story?

Death Folklore

suthnbell43 — 10 Mar 2004 12:19:43 GMT

My sister always had to touch or kiss our loved ones in the coffin. I never understood until I lost my mother and my sister-in-law reached down and kissed her on the forehead and said that it meant that she would see her and meet her in the hereafter. I liked that explanation. My mom always said that in the old days, you were made to look or touch the loved ones in the coffin so that you wouldn't be afraid of death.

Folklore of Monroe Co. KY

Courtney Davis — 20 Jan 2004 5:43:41 GMT

I am interrested in learning about Folklore in Monroe County Ky, can anyone tell me anything about it. I have looked it up on here, I have read about it in books but I want to find places in Monroe County that are haunted and I want to go to the places where they say the stories happened! If anyone has any information could you please email me! My email address is XXX_w4ddl3z_XXX@yahoo.com

ISO Lawrence Co. KY Song Lyrics

Mary Frances Wade — 10 Mar 2004 12:18:42 GMT

Appalachian Music Info from UK

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 31 Dec 2003 1:07:32 GMT

Hello,
An excellent site on the Music of Appalachia:
http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NilesCenter/appwlcme.html
From the site you can find info on the wonderful fiddlers of KY; like John Morgan Salyer of Magoffin Co. KY.
John was the s/o Morgan and Katherine Patrick Salyer:
http://www.oldtimemusic.com/FHOFSalyer.html
Be sure to check the other great links from the site.
Happy New Year's Eve,
Ramona

7th son of 7th son

Laura — 24 Oct 2003 7:40:15 GMT

I have looked through all the posts on the 7th son of the 7th son, and have some more questions/comments for one to think over. I know there are many say old wives tales as they are called. Who knows where they came from or if they are really true or really work. My Allen line came from Sweden. I know for a fact that the wart removal does work. My grandpa had the ability to remove warts, and it did have something to do with a potatoe and digging a hole. He also did something to the wart with a knife behing the person's back. My grandpa was not the 7th son of a 7th son. And he gained this ability through an old Kentucky woman. Wish grandpa were still alive so he could clairify these questions. He died in 9-1995. So were these abilities something one could pass down or to? Interesting....
And thank goodnss we don't have that many children nowadays. Refering to a previous post. Although including my step children we have six boys. Five living at home.

Grandfather WIlliam Overcast has the last word

mom2zmg — 30 Jul 2004 11:55:44 GMT

Slaughter Weaver's Cave

BarbaraStoneB — 11 Dec 2005 6:24:03 GMT

My grandfather used to talk about "Slaughter Weaver's Cave" in the cliffs above the Cumberland River Shoals near Frazier, KY.(off Highway 90) Lake Cumberland now covers most of that area, however my husband and I explored the area above the lake and found what we think might have been the "cave".
The story was something about a man named Weaver who would rob and kill farmers coming home from the market, then throw their bodies into that cave.
Anyone else ever heard of this?

BJ

KY Members of the FWP--Their Comments on Ghosts

RamonaWoods45 — 2 Nov 2003 7:27:34 GMT

Grandmother's Healing Powers

CharlesBenard9 — 27 Oct 2004 12:25:07 GMT

Don't think only the 7th son of a 7th son were the only people with un-natural skills. My step-Grandmother was a devoted churchgoing woman and she could stop bleeding, remove warts, stop the hurt from stings and various bug bites. In her later years she liked to show her skills and took warts off everyone that requested. She told that ALL of her powers came from the Bible.

JOHN LEMUEL MEADE accused of being a witch

meadresearch — 12 Dec 2002 4:02:55 GMT

I have one more family story.

My great great grandfather, JOHN LEMUEL MEADE, son of RHODES MEADE & EMERIAH ELKINS, born 10 Nov 1851 in Dana, Floyd Co, KY, was once accused of being a witch. It seems he was the first to visit a family who suspected their cow was hexed!

Has anyone heard this? Does anyone have a similar story from their family? I want to make sure I document the accusation correctly!!

This is a great board!!
Take Care,
Lisa Anderson
Taylor, Michigan

Being buried With Watch Ticking

christi — 12 Sep 2002 7:01:17 GMT

what is the legend of being buried with a watch on the is still ticking?

Dreams--Sleep--Death Omens and Other Family Lore

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

Good Morning,
Here is some more of our family lore collected from my Bayes-Kidder/Fraley-Smith Cousins:
1) If you dream of falling and hit the bottom, you wil die.
2) If you dream you lose one of your lower teeth, a youngster in the family will die.
3) If you dream of losing an upper tooth, one of your parents will soon die.
4) If you dream of of anything white-it is a sign of death.
[This was a new lore I had not heard before]
5) If you dream of death-it is sign of marriage.
[This lore is told on both sides of my family.]
6) If you dream of death it is a sign of a birth.
[This is also told on both sides of the family.]
7) If you dream of a marriage it is a sign of death.
[This is also told on both sides of the family.]
8) If you dream of a birth there will be a death in the family.
[Told only on the Fraley-Smith side of the family.]
9) To dream of a dead person-you are near death yourself.
[Another new folklore told to me by a Lewis Cousin. Mom's side of the family the Fraley-Smiths taught us that to dream of the dead someone in the family line of the desceased was in trouble of some type and the dream was a warning for the family.]
10) If you sleep in the moonlight you will die.
[One of my Bayes Cousins told me this lore. Gramma Ruth Fraley Smith taught us it was good to sleep in the light of a Full Moon; a Davis Cousin said to hang crytal over your head and sleep in the light of a Full Moon to purify yourself.]
11) If a picture falls--some one will die.
[This old lore of pictures is from my Kidder side of the family. The have many lores having to due with pictures.]
12) If you sleep under the bed of a sick family member-they will die--Bayes Family.
[Another new lore-the Fraley-Smith family always said if a young person of marriage age chair was swept under-they would stay single all their lives.]
Have a Wonderful Weekend,
Ramona

Lenoxburg Grave Yard--Bracken Co. KY.

tammt — 13 Aug 2002 1:43:10 GMT

anyone remember anything about a boy that was murdered at the lenoxburg grave yard in the 70's

Full Moon Shape-Shifter E KY.

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

The shape shifter woman story was supposedly true.
It was told as a story that really happened. I heard
it years ago As we were driving along a mountain road
on a cold dark stormy night. Some fellows who worked for my father told us the story. In short this is the story:
A black mare is ridding into the barns of local
farms on stormy nights and running off with all the
stallions. After several incidents the farmers get
together and lay in wait for the mare on a stormy
night. She comes into the farm they are watching and
bewitches the stallions taking them off into the
night. the farmers follow her. Eventually, after she
has taken the stallions somewhere, the mare goes to a
farm. She rides up to the door of the house, pushes it
open with her nose and enters. The farmers wait a bit,
trying to decide what to do, as the storm thunders and
roars about them. Finally, they decided to enter the
large cabin. They enter and search, finding only a
woman in bed. Something about the woman is strange and they pull back her covers. The woman's feet and hands were still hoofs. Terrified, they smothered her with the mattress from her feather bed. She was buried and the black mare never raided another farm again.
So, there you have it. A mountian story about a
witch and a shape changer that supposedly really
happened. I was told this story about 45 years ago.
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Folklore submitted by:
Edward Smythe
Email: hinesborel@yahoo.com

Legend of "Devil" Bill Boggs

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

A Tennessee Ghost Story

anjeye — 7 Apr 2002 5:21:10 GMT

the old Arthur place

Vickie — 8 Jan 2002 4:01:43 GMT

When me and my husband were first dating,we were too poor too go out too the movies or dinner or the like. So alot of the time we just went out and walked around my Mamaw;s old place,talking about our future and our dreams. I would take him around too all the places I remebered as a child. One of these places was my friend;s Grandma;s old place. i had been there lots of times as a child. We went into the old house and i was telling him all my memories as went through that old house and barn. Up on the hill was the old cemetary where my friends grandma was buried and we went there next. As I looked at her grave I was filled with alot of good memories and i really missed her. when i turned too look down the hill at her old place a tree branch broke and fell behind me. horrified i turned around but the branch had missed her tombstone and the sun was setting and shining right on her tombstone so bright it was blinding. I reached out too touch her stone and a peace filled me. My boyfriend came running because he saw the branch fall and the way it should of fell,should of been right on me and her grave,but somehow it twisted and fell off too the side missing me and her. I will always remember that day,my husband refuses too go back there but I am not afraid because I know some one up there is looking out for me.

Chimney Rock Cemetary ghost

Vickie — 8 Jan 2002 3:37:59 GMT

When I was a little girl growing up in Somerset Kentucky,my family went too a small Baptist church way back in a holler. Now my Mamaw was very strict about us respecting the dead,not walking on graves etc. Well I had been in this graveyard lots of times and I wasn;t scared too be in it. When i got too be a teenager we had a visiting preacher with a teenage son. A favorite trick of ours was too sneak out and pretend too be going too the outdoor toilet. When most of our teenage gang was outside including the preachers son,he wanted too go and explore the cemetery evn though it was very dark. He said he was going too have a seance and call up some of the dead,i said no way I don;t want no part of that and I left and went with a friend of my too sit in his daddy;s car. Well in the cemetary there is a baby buried who died at birth,this baby was a distant cousin of mine and I used to feel so sad every Memorial day and I would put flowers and clean up it;s little grave. Well I don;t know what that feller did but on a calm summer night the wind start too blow and we heard the eeriest sound like a baby crying. Now back home everyone knows a wildcat screams like a baby crying and thats what all the a dults said it was. All I know is those teenagers came out of that cemetary as white as aghost and they will not talk about it too this day. some things are better left alone and when I go home I still clean and put flowers on that poor baby;s grave.

Bagby Road

melissa — 10 Dec 2001 5:15:58 GMT

There is a bridge on Bagby Rd. in Northern KY that is haunted. After midnight a headless lady walks the creek looking for her head. Back in the late 1800's or early 1900's a newly married couple was going across the bridge when they were killed and now she walks looking for her head. It is very creepy there. I have been there numerous times. Even in the summer there is a breeze that is really cold when she is coming near the bridge. A lot of strange things happen there.

Grandpa's Lady in the Long Black Veil

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

Good Morning Everyone,
The first ghost story I heard when growing up was told to me by my Grandfather Dewey Smith of Elliott County, KY.
Grandpa was fishing down along the Newcombe Cliffs around the age of 12 or so when he felt someone staring at him. You all know the feeling you get when someone is staring at you-well that is the feeling Grandpa got.
He got a bit spooked as it was getting dark and he was alone. He looked up on the ridge over looking Cliffy Creek and standing there was a lady dressed in mourning clothes looking at Grandpa through her long black mourning veil.
He got his fishing-pole and left. Grandpa asked many questions of who the lady could be-but found no answers.
There is no cemetery close to the area-and no deaths had been reported there.
Grandpa seen the lady several times after this while fishing at Cliffy Creek; and all his life wondered about her and why she was there. He always thought something must have happened in that area of Cliffy Creek-something untold.
When he would finish telling us this story as we were growing up he would always sing "Long Black Veil"-which we still do in our family after telling this old haint tale.
Ramona

Ghosts of Elliott Co. KY.

RamonaGayleWoods50 — 29 Oct 2002 8:06:59 GMT

Hi,
I am researching these hainted surname places in Elliott County, KY.
Davis House and Cemetery
Boggs Hill
Stapleton Hill
Hamilton Branch Mine
Would love to share info.
Thank you,
Ramona