The Ghost Road

and Celtic roots. It was believed that on Halloween, ghosts would come back to the earthly world. People thought that if they left their homes they would encounter these ghosts. So that these ghosts would not recognize them, people would wear masks when leaving their homes after dark. They believed that these masks would cause the ghosts to mistake them for fellow spirits. People would place bowls of food outside of their doors to keep the ghosts from attempting to enter the homes. Halloween began

and her family were now called “free people” they could not escape their own horrible past. The memories, the trauma and the presence of Beloved, a real girl and ghost, haunting her and her family would make them relived their past and won't let Sethe and her family go forward with their lives. “Beloved” is not just a story of girl and ghost in a stranger nobel but it also symbolizes those millions of slaves and their lost stories and their lost

was the road ahead of him, and then nothing. Just an endless void of blackness. After a second, he finally felt himself coming back to “reality” As he regained his consciousness he panicked at the sight of hundreds of people, all of which were slightly see through, almost like ghosts. His environment looked completely normal, and he was at that same intersection where his accident had happened. There were some people that did not look like ghosts, such as the people driving cars on the road. Despite

person. It can shape who they become. The past can show who someone becomes in life. Scrooge's past affected him and made him not like Christmas. But the Ghost of Christmas past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future changed how Scrooge acted and what he does. The Christmas Carol displays The Importance of memory when the 3 ghost came to show scrooge's past, present, and future. First of all, the Spirit of Christmas past showed what happened before on Christmas in scrooge's

and has a lot of questions involved. The concept I’m talking about is the theory of ghosts. No, they’re not something to be afraid of. Instead, it’d be better to try to communicate with them and try to understand what they are, and how they happen. The first thing you should probably know about ghosts is what a ghost is. It can depend a bit. The taxonomy of ghosts will be explained later. Dictionary.com defines a ghost as a noun meaning “the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually

and started discussing their favorite subjects, Mr. Cassidy and the ghost on the mountain. For years, Bill had longed to know what was in the old man’s basement and suggested checking it out before they went home. “Don’t you think we should capture the ghost first? If we get it, we may know what is in basement. What will we do with the ghost if we catch him?”Alan wanted another drink, but Ginger refused. “We could give the ghost to Mayor Eastwood,” Bill suggested and asked for another drink, but

The urban legend The Vanishing Hitchhiker has been around for many generations but has also been updated with modern times. It’s been told that a man driving his car late at night in the pouring rain passed by a little girl walking on the side of the road. The man stops and picks her up, giving her his coat. He tries to ask her questions like where she lived and who she was and she just tells him where she lives and that her parents are waiting for her. As they keep driving he finally turns around to

who doesn’t know have a ghost story or two about Loggers Run Road, also known as “Labyrinth Highway” Created in the late 1890’s (before its upgrade in the 1930’s), Loggers Run was created to as a convenient way of not only connecting the town to the main highway, but also to allow multiple points of access for the company Daylight Logging to find their way back to town. Did you know? Contrary to its nickname, Loggers Run Road/Labyrinth Highway is neither a straight road nor Highway. It was designed

In the short story “A Worn Path” Phoenix is an old woman who travels on a path everyday to get medicine for her grandson. Most people believe that her grandson is dead and he most likely is because he drank lye, which can kill you slowly or instantly (depending on how much he drank). Phoenix still believes that her grandson is still sick and she travels a long path to get the medicine from the hospital, which makes her very committed.For example, Phoenix states “Out of my way,all you foxes,owls,beetles

scouts, and militia, bike rides, school crushes, the prom stroll, trick or treating and the annual haunted house! Back then it was held in the old town hall and I recall meeting my friends as we stood on the steps anticipating being frightened by the ghosts and goblins that lurked within. We would scream with delight as we walked the haunted halls and cling to each other for support in laughter! Yes, remembering the good old days! The haunted event only took place for a few years, but the memories lasted