by Heather Moser Welcome to the second half of this series on death omens! For this post, instead of newspaper articles, I will focus on a story that was recorded…
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by Heather Moser Every once in a while, a particular piece of folklore or an old newspaper article will find its way to me, and it sends me down a…
by Heather Moser While tracking down books to add to my collection of Appalachian folklore, I came across a publication by author Kurt McCoy titled White Things: West Virginia’s Weird White…
by Heather Moser We are now officially in the month of August! In my part of Appalachia, the summer heat has started to lessen significantly. Cooler nights and the quickly approaching…
by Heather Moser A common motif in folklore is the apparition of a large black dog. Depending on the story, the dog may either stay at a distance or come close…
by Heather Moser My first visit to New England came on the tail end of 2019. It was a brief trip to visit a friend who lives in Rhode Island, and…
by Heather Moser The time of the Krampus is almost upon us! The eve of December 5th, known as Krampusnacht in some regions of the world, sees the arrival…
by Heather Moser On April 13th I visited Moundsville, West Virginia for the first time. After a wonderful tour of the old West Virginia Penitentiary (which has quite a gruesome…
by Heather Moser When I was a young girl, my mother told me stories of what life was like for her growing up on a farm. Her life as…
by Heather Moser As a native of Appalachia, I have an affinity for folklore from the region. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have this genre…
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