Record #:

22940

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

A fascinating folklore collection, which includes several ghost stories concerning a haunted piece of property on Dickinson Ave. in the 1890s; the haunted clock of Luke Smith and how a smoky presence over a baby in a cradle killed it. In local legend, the Tar River would flood in odd years and eels used to mass migrate up the Tar River by the thousands. According to local superstition, if it rains on Friday at 12:00 p.m., it will rain Sunday. The first three days of January foretell the weather for the next three months. Bees as predictors of weather. There are old wives tales about proper days of the week for weddings and the meaning of sneezes on certain days.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jan 22-Feb 4 1986, p14-15

Subject(s):

Folklore--Pitt County; Tar River--Folklore