The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory: From Local Legend to International Folktale - Paperback
by Rick Gregory
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Univ Tennessee PressISBN-13:9781621908371ISBN-10:1621908372UPC:9781621908371Book Category:Social Science, Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Storytelling, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.06 x 5.91 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCZCT7V4WC
The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory: From Local Legend to International Folktale
Apparently, slumber parties in the mid-South 1970s were plied with a strange ritual. At midnight attendees would gather before a mirror and chant "I don't believe in the Bell Witch" three times to see if the legendary spook would appear alongside their own reflections--a practice that echoes the "Bloody Mary" pattern following the execution of Mary Queen of Scots centuries ago. But that smal...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Univ Tennessee PressISBN-13:9781621908371ISBN-10:1621908372UPC:9781621908371Book Category:Social Science, Performing Arts, HistoryBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Storytelling, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.06 x 5.91 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCZCT7V4WC
RICK GREGORY received MA and PhD degrees in history from Vanderbilt University. He is a local historian and lives in Adams, Tennessee, the home of the Bell Witch Legend.
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