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The Devil's Tramping Ground

Effigy2000 — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:28:51 -0800

The Devil's Tramping Ground is a barren circle in the forest in North Carolina. As a result of nothing having grown within the circle for at least the last hundred years, it has become the subject of some of that state's oldest legends. John Harden, a journalist, newspaper editor and author said of that place "... the story is that the Devil goes there to walk in circles as he thinks up new means of causing trouble for humanity. There sometimes during the dark of night, the Majesty of the Underworld of Evil silently tramps around that bare circle; thinking, plotting, and planning against good, and in behalf of wrong. So far as is known, no person has ever spent the night there to disprove this is what happens.". No person until you came along and played this neat interactive flash movie, that is.

Ain't superstitious, baby.

found dog one eye — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:42:20 -0800

Meet Mojo, a runaway who was finally buried 80 years after his death. Visit with the Orviss family in their spacious mausoleum. Don’t mind the whispers; there’s no reason to be superstitious. It’s just Calvert, Texas.

The great horseshoe controversy

445supermag — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:41:32 -0800

The stranger asked to see the shoe; The farmer brought it into view; But when the old man raised his head, He laughed outright and quickly said: "No wonder skies upon you frown, You've nailed the horse-shoe upside down; Just turn it round, and soon you'll see How you and Fortune will agree. In some cultures, the horseshoe is hung points down (so the luck pours onto you); in others, it is hung points up (so the luck doesn't fall out). Some think this controversy has precedes superstitious Pennsylvanian farmers. And lets not get started with hex signs.

Old Superstitions

hama7 — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:12:21 -0800

Old Superstitions.

Ezrael — Thu, 12 Jul 2001 03:59:02 -0800

If they are sorcerors, why don't they turn their assassins into frogs? Gotta love flimsy pretext.