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GHOSTS EVER BOTHER YOU7If So, Southern Negro Folks Say Thes® Simple Precautions Will Chase’Em.As a part of the folklore of the negro folks the superstitions of slavory days are of great Interest. Tho following are some of the negro’s beliefs ubout ghosts:To feel a hot breath of air strike you at twilight signified the nearby presence of a ghost. Should you wish to avoid him. stop and turn your coat and trousers and hat wrong sido out and the spirit cannot encounter you.If. however, he is a pugnacious sprite and approaches despite tho change, turn and address him thus: “In tin- name of tho Lord, what do you want?” Whereupon he will tell you his business upon earth, then depart and never, never trouble you again. If, on the other hand, it Is a prowling ghost who crawls under the house, humps against tho floor, makes strange sounds, and whispers In tho midnight hours, you have only to put in a new door and lie will do so no more.Some ghosts are obtrusive and will not only prowl about tin* house, but creep in through tho crack of tho door In the wee small hours of tho night, and, once Inside, expand to vast proportions. To spare yourself any disturbance in this way, sow mustard seed all about the doorstep just before going to bed. or place a sieve on the doorstep.Before entering, tho spirit will have to count all the holes In the sieve or all the mustard seeds, and hy this time daylight will come and he will have to go. As the counting for ono night will not do for another you are allways safe.—Southern Workman.
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The Springfield Herald
Springfield, Colorado, US
Fri, Jul 05, 1912
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