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| celticlord |
Posted on: 20-Sep-2009, 09:28 PM |
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The Ghost's Board
It was dark. It was a starless night. Tonight, Rosemary and her daughter would play their game with the spirits and ghosts. The game was their Ouija Board. They would ask the board a question, and by means of an indicator that moves across the board with your fingers on the edge of it, a spirit will reply by moving the indicator on the board to spell out the answer.
The first question was asked by Rosemary, as usual, because her daughter Sylvia was intensely superstitious. She believed that if she asked the first question she would be taunted with bad luck by the spirit. But, tonight Rosemary would change her daughter's mind about being second. She offered to take her for ice cream cone the following day if she volunteered to go first. For a seven year old, she had a creative imagination about everything, including the Board. She accepted. Her question was: "Will I have bad luck?" The pointer moved to the 25th letter in the alphabet, then it moved to the 5th letter and the word ended on 19th letter. Sylvia read the letters and realized what the spirit had written. The answer was: YES! Sylvia just sat there, as white as a ghost.
It was her mother's turn. Her question was: "Will I get the job at the school?" The pointer moved slowly to the 14th letter in the alphabet and then it moved to the 15th letter in the alphabet. After Rosemary read what spirit spelled out, she didn't want to play anymore. She put the board away in the cupboard as quick as you could bat an eye.
It was bedtime, and they made their way up the rickety stairs. Sylvia felt that something would happen. It would happen during the night. She was right. Soon, Sylvia heard the floor creaking in the hallway. It almost sounded like foot steps. Sylvia's imagination began to run wild. She was frightened. She imagined that the noise was a ghost that came from the world beyond to taunt her. She made herself stop. She was just hearing things. A visit to the bathroom to wash her face would fix everything. As soon as she turned on the light, she saw a man in the mirror. He was as black as death itself. She screamed a horrifying scream. Her mother came running to see what had happened. When Sylvia calmed down and could talk, she told her mother that she saw a man in the mirror. Her mother reassured her that there wasn't a haunting apparition in the mirror, or in her washroom.
The next morning she kept on seeing a man in a mirror wherever she went. Every time she had this vision, something would happen. Vases would fall off the table, or the pictures would fall off the walls.
One night Sylvia's mother had to go out to a meeting and she couldn't get a baby sitter for her. Sylvia felt she was old enough, and decided to stay by herself. Sylvia went up to her room. She tried to not look at the mirror, but a supernatural power commanded her to look. There she saw a dreadful face of a Ghost. He spoke to her. He said, "I will get you." Suddenly she let out a scream that could be heard from miles away.
The neighbours phoned 911. When the police arrived, they found Sylvia in her room on the floor, almost unconscious. They escorted Sylvia into the ambulance. Inside the ambulance, there was a mirror. She looked at it and let out another scream that sounded like someone had just been shot. The ambulance crew drove quickly to the emergency department.
In the hospital, there were many mirrors. Every time Sylvia saw a mirror, she kept screaming. Her mother arrived at the hospital soon after and talked to the head doctor. The doctor recommended an institute for children who have delusions. The next morning Sylvia was moved to the Alastans Institute. With therapy, she was cured in a short time. One dark starless night the dreaded ghost walked right out of the mirror, and out of Sylvia's life forever.
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Forum: Ghost Stories · Post Preview: #287372 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 30-Apr-2009, 11:57 AM |
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Welcome duirbeannachd from the land of enchantment here in New Mexico, USA.
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #280629 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 30-Apr-2009, 11:55 AM |
Replies: 6
Views: 913
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Welcome soulseeker from the land of enchantment here in New Mexico, USA.
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #280626 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 24-Apr-2009, 11:10 PM |
Replies: 9
Views: 562
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Welcome LtMac...enjoy your stay and listen to some of the best Celtic music. Try the VideoCeltic site...it's awesome
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #280385 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 23-Apr-2009, 10:35 PM |
Replies: 1
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According to the Irish dictionary it's:
Now - Sea
you are - ta`tu
free - saor
Sea ta`tu saor
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #280342 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 23-Apr-2009, 09:09 PM |
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Bear Lake Monster
If you travel to Bear Lake in Utah on a quiet day, you just might catch a glimpse of the Bear Lake Monster. The monster looks like a huge brown snake and is nearly 90 feet long. It has ears that stick out from the side of its skinny head and a mouth big enough to eat a man. According to some, it has small legs and it kind of scurries when it ventures out on land. But in the water - watch out! It can swim faster than a horse can gallop - makes a mile a minute on a good day. Sometimes the monster likes to sneak up on unwary swimmers and blow water at them. The ones it doesn't carry off to eat, that is.
A feller I heard about spotted the monster early one evening as he was walking along the lake. He tried to shoot it with his rifle. The man was a crack shot, but not one of his bullets touched that monster. It scared the heck out of him and he high tailed it home faster than you can say Jack Robinson. Left his rifle behind him and claimed the monster ate it.
Sometimes, when the monster has been quiet for a while, people start saying it is gone for good. Some folks even dredge up that old tale that says how Pecos Bill heard about the Bear Lake monster and bet some cowpokes that he could wrestle that monster until it said uncle. According to them folks, the fight lasted for days and created a hurricane around Bear Lake. Finally, Bill flung that there monster over his shoulder and it flew so far it went plumb around the world and landed in Loch Ness, where it lives to this day.
Course, we know better than that. The Bear Lake Monster is just hibernating-like. Keep your eyes open at dusk and maybe you'll see it come out to feed. Just be careful swimming in the lake, or you might be its next meal!
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Forum: Ghost Stories · Post Preview: #280341 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 23-Apr-2009, 09:03 PM |
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Just thought I'd let everyone know that Highland Games will be in Albuquerque on May 16 and 17th. With Irish Step Dancing and Caber Toss. We except over 16,000 people from all different countries to be here.
Everyone is welcome to this event...
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #280339 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 22-Apr-2009, 08:15 PM |
Replies: 74
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I have traced my family name on my fathers side to 1545. On my mothers side I have only got to the early 1800's.. |
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Forum: Family History & Clans · Post Preview: #280258 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 22-Apr-2009, 08:05 PM |
Replies: 8
Views: 715
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Welcome Irishatheart....From your neighbor in New Mexico
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #280257 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 28-Feb-2009, 07:08 PM |
Replies: 409
Views: 54,155
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Apple Scruffs - George Harrison
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Forum: Fun N Games · Post Preview: #275706 |
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| celticlord |
Posted on: 28-Feb-2009, 05:30 PM |
Replies: 22
Views: 1,317
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Welcome Michelle with her three beautiful daughters. I hope you enjoy you stay here at CelticRadio.
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #275698 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 25-Feb-2009, 11:08 PM |
Replies: 10
Views: 447
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Welcome HarkinMusicFan....Hope you enjoy your stay here at CelticRadio |
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #275431 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 23-Feb-2009, 05:27 PM |
Replies: 1
Views: 38,099
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Smedy620
I do know that there are real ghosts and other unknown phenomenons out there. I have had a few myself.
What I post are just stories that all can enjoy. Fictional and Fact.
Celticlord
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Forum: Ghost Stories · Post Preview: #275253 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 22-Feb-2009, 04:26 PM |
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Tommy Knockers are the spirits of departed miners that help miners find ore. They also knock on the walls of the mines right before a cave-in. When you hear a Tommy Knocker knocking, it's best to depart the area right quick. They have saved the life of many a miner who has been in a danger. Some folks say that the very first man to hear the sound is jinxed, but that is not always the case.
It's important to stay on the good side of the Tommy Knockers. Many miners leave a bit of their lunch for the spirits, and to please them, they fashion the little clay figures of their spirits. The Tommy Knockers can be spiteful creatures if they don't like you.
One unlucky miner named Eddie became a target of the Tommy Knockers. They drove him crazy, pelting him with stones, stealing his tools, blowing out his lantern. He couldn't figure out why the Tommy Knockers had singled him out until one day he heard a voice calling to him from the dark opening of a nearby shaft. "Eddie, I want my five dollars!" the Tommy Knocker said.
Eddie was so startled he dropped his tools all over the ground. The voice sounded just like that of his old friend Joe who had died in a cave-in a few months back. Eddie had borrowed five dollars from Joe and had never returned it. Eddie went into the shaft, and sure enough there was Joe Trelawney's ghost, shrunk to the size of a two-foot dwarf with a big ugly head, large ears and a crooked nose. He wore a peaked hat, a leather jacket, and water-soaked leather boots.
The Tommy Knocker was not pleased to see Eddie. "Give me back my five dollars, Eddie!" the ghost of his old friend demanded.
"I don't have any money on me, Joe," Eddie said, patting his pockets for emphasis.
"I've heard that before," said the Tommy Knocker dryly. "I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now!" The Tommy Knocker disappeared into thin air, leaving an uneasy Eddie to wonder what the ghost would do next. He soon found out! All day long, Eddie was plagued by the Tommy Knocker. His ladder was shaken so hard that he almost fell. The loud tapping noise of an invisible drill nearly drove him mad. He just missed being buried by a rock fall. And through it all, Joe's voice would taunt him: "Give me back my five dollars, Eddie!"
"All right, Joe, all right!" Eddie finally yelled into the mouth of the tunnel where his friend had appeared. "I'll get your bloody five dollars!" Abandoning his work for the day, Eddie made the long climb to the surface and took five silver dollars from the moneybox he kept under a loose board in his bedroom. The he climbed back down into the mine and stuck the five dollars into a crack in the wall next to the place Joe's spirit had appeared to him.
"There's your five dollars, Joe!" Eddie shouted, his voice echoing oddly in the dark tunnel.
"It's about bloody time," Joe said, appearing next to him and peering critically into the crack where the money lay.
"Are you going to leave me alone now?" Eddie asked.
The Tommy Knocker grinned impishly at Eddie. "Maybe," he said. He scooped up the five silver dollars and disappeared into the dark.
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Forum: Ghost Stories · Post Preview: #275191 |
| celticlord |
Posted on: 22-Feb-2009, 04:20 PM |
Replies: 409
Views: 54,155
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"A Small Potato's Mind"-Husking Bee
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