I remember the story. I don't remember the plot. I will check with my mother and get back to you. I was born in 1949 and remember hearing the story as a child. Ada Wilson Kent Worthington, OH -----Original Message----- From: D Browning [mailto:famsteel@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:51 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

Ada G. Kent wrote: Hi Dodie....Who was ur grandma's parents?......My grandma was georgia Vance and married Warning Workman from Wayne Co...........Denzil >I remember the story. I don't remember the plot. I will check with my mother >and get back to you. I was born in 1949 and remember hearing the story as a >child. > >Ada Wilson Kent >Worthington, OH > >-----Original Message----- >From: D Browning [mailto:famsteel@yahoo.com] >Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:51 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 > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > >