The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory: From Local Legend to International Folktale

by Rick Gregory

Apparently, slumber parties in the mid-South 1970s were plied with a strange ritual. At midnight attendees would gather before a mirror and chant "I don't believe in the Bell Witch" three times to see if the legendary spook would appear alongside their own reflections--a practice that echoes the "Bloody Mary" pattern following the execution of Mary Queen of Scots centuries ago. But that small circuit of preteen gatherings was neither the beginning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621908372
• ISBN13: 9781621908371
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"