Of all species of ghostly phenomena, that commonly known as "haunted houses" appeals most to the ordinary person. There is something very eerie in being shut up within the four walls of a house with a ghost. The poor human being is placed at ... Read more of Haunted Houses In Or Near Dublin at Scary Stories.caInformational Site Network Informational
Privacy
  Home - Biography - I Have a Dream Speech - QuotesBlack History: Articles - Poems - Authors - Speeches - Folk Rhymes - Slavery Interviews

Blessings




From: ONE NEGRO THEME SUNG WITH "FROG WENT A-COURTING"

The chivalry of the Old South rather demanded that all friends should be
invited to partake of the meal, if they chanced to come calling about
the time of the meal hour. This ideal also pervaded the lowly slave
Negro's cabin. In order that this hospitality might not be abused, the
Negroes had a little deterrent story which they told their children.
Below are the fancied Blessings asked by the fictitious Negro family, in
the story, whose hospitality had been abused.




Next: Blessing With Company Present

Previous: Why The Woodpecker's Head Is Red



Add to Informational Site Network
 Report
Privacy
ADD TO EBOOK