Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

“Everyday” Appalachian Superstitions

See a black cat crossing the road before you? Draw an X in the air 3 times to void bad luck. Finish before the cat reaches the other side!

Locals claim that you can see the spirit of the traveling man, carrying a lantern through the woods, searching for his way back to Kentucky.

Knackers take on the task of killing sick or maimed farm animals. This one thins the human herd. His job is rudely interrupted in this tale.

Two tragic deaths put the Rock Run Furnace at the top of the list for most haunted places in Cherokee County, AL.

Every night it would come, causing many to call it the Moon Ghost, after a similar ghost that was haunting a nearby house owned by a Mr. Moon.