When we were really young, (I'm 42) my dad used to tell us the story of "Little Black Sambo" I never believed it was a "real" story until one day (years later) my dad found the book at a bookstore and bought it. It is now completely out of print as it is a "banned book". I found a copy at an antique store and bought it as a reminder. (Little black sambo wasn't black he was indian [from India]). I'll have to have my dad remind me of some of these stories. I'm hopefully going to be going to Chicago sometime in August to spend a long weekend there. Laura -----Original Message----- From: D Browning [mailto:famsteel@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 4:51 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] For Shelby & Other "Youngins" My grandmother, Synthia Ann (Workman) Smith (born 1874) used to tell us scarey stories that had been passed from generation to generatkion in her family. One of the stories was "Rawhead And Bloody Bones". I can't remember the plot, but seems like RHABB lived in an attic? (Maybe murdered in an attic? But I may have it confused with another story?) I tried to "Google" it but coudn't find the actual story. It appears that there were different versions- mostly a monster living in a swamp. Some say the story was Gaelic, some say Celtic, some say English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) and some say that slaves brought the story from Africa.The Oxford English Dictionary dates the name Rawhead And Bloody Bones back as far as circa1550. Does anyone remember your parents or grandparents telling you the story called "Rawhead And Bloody Bones"? Would love to read some of the old stories that our Logan County ancestors used to tell us when we were children (60 to 80 years ago). Dodie --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx