"J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> wrote....> > You mean your relatives or Germans in general, back then? My Germans didn't believe in ghosts. Can't recall much in the way of superstitions. Some folk lore, but that's about it. I wonder if it had to do with religious ties, catholic or protestant??? < The Germans, as a group must have had some belief in spirits. The word 'poltergeist' is German for 'noisy ghost' as I recall. Best, SueB