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…
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