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Did you know...
...when a viking died, he was buried w/ all of his armour and his horse just in case he met with battle on the other side?
...the traditional Irish wakes were always played with loud music to keep evil spirits from possessing the newly deceased?
...sometimes the Japanese would kill the wives and animals for the newly deceased? It was so the dead wouldn't be lonely.
...ancient Chinese used to tear up pieces of paper with hopes of confusing the evil spirits from following them to cemetery and knowing the location of the dead?
...that there are more male ghosts than female? **according to author William Montell**
...that there was a ritual in which an appointed man would eat the sins of the dead? He would sprinkle the body with salt and bread on the body and then eat it? Needless to say, the man was paid very well for doing so.
...the English would kill a person and bury them in a newly appointed graveyard to watch over it?
...in some countries, if a child died, a dog would be buried with it? Reason: a dog can always find its way home.
...a sage was used in telling young women who their future husbands were?
...there is a way to catch a ghost? Place an empty bottle in the corner of the room--high near the ceiling. When the bottle jolts around, you have caught your ghost. This practice was also used to catch "witch spirits". It was called the Witch Bottle.
...Virginia is said to be the most haunted state in the Americas?
...Japanese would throw lavish parties for their dead? They would invite a medium to talk to them and the lavish parties was satisfy the ghosts of the relatives so they would not come back to haunt the living.
...a baka is a flesh eating creature who in their living life was part of a secret cult--according to Haitian legend?
..the cat is the mostly seen animal for ghosts?
...in Europe, on Christmas day, the ghosts are banned from visiting the living?
...when a rooster crows in the morning, it is a signal for all ghosts to return to their respectful places?
...the Celtic men would sleep on their deceased graves and if they made contact, the bodies of these men would jump and make them crazy?
...pirates would kill a member of their clan and bury them with their treasure so others pirates and sailors wouldn't beable to get to it? The ghost was supposed to ward off the living.
...horses, dogs, and cats can detect if a ghost is near?
...in some cases, a ghost came forth to seek justice for murder and the judge found the evidence to be truthful and correct?
...the old superstition of the witching hour (midnight) is still widely believed today?
...ghosts cannot cross running water?
...George Washington saw a ghost that foretold what America would be like if he did not bring peace the people?
...ancient Egyptians would turn their dead in circles to confuse them so they would not return to the living?
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