Ghosts back in Shakesperes day were usually seen as bad omens or foretellers of bad things to come. This is when the scary superstitions concerning ghosts started becoming popularized like they are today.
Superstitions with ghosts today are numerous. To keep a ghost at bay when walking in the dark, carry some bread in your pocket. If you see a ghost walk around it nine times and it will disappear. Another is never slam the door for it might hurt a ghost who, in return, will haunt you for the rest of your life.
We supposedly have a ghost on our mountain. Its the ghost of old Roy Barker. He was said to have been drowned in the creek at our house by his best friend.For one week of October every three years, his ghost is said to enter someones house and carry their sleeping body to the creek. Then, when he wakes them, he drops them into the creek and washes them with bounty soap until they suffocate from the wreak. The next night he enters ones house with a noodle doodle and flogs his victim until they are annoyed. He next forces his poor victim’s mouth open and pours maple syrup down their throats until they die.
