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The granny curse and other ghosts and legends from East Tennessee
- Title
- The granny curse and other ghosts and legends from East Tennessee / by Janet Barnett and Randy Russell.
- Author
- Barnett, Janet, 1958-
- Publication
- Winston-Salem, N.C. : J.F. Blair, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BF1472.U6 B37 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Russell, Randy.
- Description
- xii, 146 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- From the Blue Ridge to the Cumberlands, from Pigeon Forge and Cades Cove to Warrior Path State Park and Roan Mountain, East Tennessee offers a plethora of stories about haints and spirits. Twenty-five tales, all based in historical fact or tied to an actual location and intertwined with regional folklore, are included in this collection.
- Subject
- Contents
- Greasy witches -- Ghost in the fireplace -- Dakwa Ka-Plunk -- The cussing cover -- A vampire chair -- The granny curse -- Letitia Edes Mountain -- The secrets of apples and oaks -- Sticky dog, long dog ... and a dog that's always wet -- Massengale's gun and the bride deer -- Diamond eyes -- The weeping mausoleum -- Rattlesnake Rock -- A ghost who sounds like rain -- Ghost funeral at Grassy Cove -- Double-headed hitchhiker -- Lover Lady Bumper Jumper of Dark Hollow Road -- Cold night, warm girl -- Private places -- A cabin on fire -- Growly apples -- Milk and candy -- Sweetwater peach pie -- Snowy footprints -- Falling down the stairs.
- ISBN
- 0895871858
- 9780895871855
- LCCN
- 99046957
- OCLC
- 42462693
- ocm42462693
- SCSB-14693376
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library