local folklore?

Question

I am from the New Orleans area and local legends and folklore are abundant. I love these type of stories. What folklore or odd stories are there in your town and what town is it? Best one gets 10 points.

Answer 1

We have a church that burned inside and out and no matter how many times it has been remodeled it will quickly turn charred like the day it was burned even the new windows will be smoked and now they moved the little church to a hidden location here in the Ozarks

Answer 2

Folklore from afar?
There is a hill in Northern Germany, called Sahlenburg, may be 60 feet above sea level. The name comes from the ancient holy women, called Salinger (research of Professor Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch). Later a castle was built on the hill, overlooking the mouth of the river Elbe and the North sea with its island Neuwerk (New Deed, meaning the new light house, built around 1200 oder 1300 AD).

It is said that an underground tunnel once connected the wooden castle Sahlenburg with the brick-built and still existing castle Ritzebuettel, about 5 miles away. The tunnel entrance in the castle Ritzebuettel is still shown to visitors!

The saga goes that from the castle Sahlenburg a golden cradle was left in the hill, when the wooden castle was long lost. The one who may find the golden cradle, has to be silent to retreave it.

Two men heard the saga and started digging on the hill. One hit a hard item and gold shimmered in the sun light. He found the golden cradle and uttered a scream of joy! What a mistake! The golden cradle vanished deeper into the ground and has not been found again - to this day!

The castle Ritzebuettel was later taken over by Stoertebeker, a pirat, who with his group controlled commerce at the mouth of the river Elbe, where it flows into the North sea, a very important trade water way.

On this hill, Sahlenburg, at soltices, fires are now lit as in olden times, and old songs are chanted. Some jump across the fire for a good luck action.

It has been said that Charlemagne resided in this area and had his wooden castles there. One is still presented in this area, near Altenwalde, as wooden remainder ruins.

This area, in Northern Germany, is an ancient sacred land, to which runes gave the name, now a town, C-U-X haven, Cuxhaven (research by Dr, Bara H. Loveland, Cuxhaven, Name and Mystik: Cuxhaven, Name and Mysticism). The runes are C, U and X.

Inspiring question, thanks!
Cordially, India.Magica

Answer 3

One that is not well known out of the area would be the one about the high school I attened. It is Western High school, located in Southwest Detroit. For facts the school burned down in either the sixties or seventies and one student died in the fire. This was posted in the folder we recieved our first day of school. Now for the story that was prevelant among the students and staff. The student that died in the fire is the person who set the school on fire when he recieved a failing grade his senior year. He set the boys bathroom garbage can on fire and blocked his way out of the bathroom with the fire, and unfortunately he was on the fourth floor. Fact also shows that the original school was four stories high and it burned to the ground. When the building was rebuilt they only had a small fourth floor in place. According to legend the fourth floor can only be reached through the aditorium and it is a memorial for the lost student. My entire time at the school I could never find how to get to the fourth floor, but I was never allowed in the aditorium since I was not into acting. Of course there was stories abound of stundents sneaking up there for one reason or another only to have the daylights scared out of them by an apparition. And the ghost was not tied to the fourth floor, since many people including staff would tell stories of being at the school late and seeing the ghost in the hallways. One thing that always intrigued me about this was a very respectable teacher told us about his sighting. This teacher will remain nameless since he is now on the Detroit School Board and very respected. He was a no nonsense teacher and when he caught some of mumbling about the stories he told us about the one time he saw the ghost. He had stayed late to tutor a student (which he often did, he actually cared about his students and wanted the best for us). After the student left he finished grading papers and got his stuff together to leave. There was a game going on in the gym, so when he saw a boy at a locker he thought nothing of it, but the boy was in the middle of a longer hallway that would have taken a couple of minutes to exit. My teacher turned and locked his door, never hearing foot steps. But when he turned to face the student again he was gone. It was then that the teacher realized the student was not dressed for time, but had on closes from the time of the fire. When he told this story he said he could never figure what to make of it, but he stopped laughing at the people how did believe in such stories.

Answer 4

Im not sure whether you've heard of the Loch ness monster but he (if it is a he) is a VERY famous folklore in Scotland, and throughout the UK. Occording to legend their is a big monster living in the River Loch Ness. Search pictures of him on google its intriguing!!! However scientists have discussed that they think the monster is a elephant that has grown in the water, and what is thought of as the head of the monster is just the Elephant's trunk. But to me, an Elephant in a Scottish lake is just as much a mystery as the monster!

Answer 5

we don't have folklore here. just cars, buildings, vanity, and the urge to consume.