Fortune Telling with Coffee
Posted on May 24, 2007 - Filed Under Halloween Games
To Tell Fortunes by the Grounds of a Coffee Cup
Put a pot of coffee on and gather round while I share with you this curious technique from “Old Gypsy Madge’s Fortune Teller and Dream Book”, 1889.
Directions to pour out the Coffee-grounds
Pour the grounds of coffee in a white cup, shake them well about in it, […]
The Lake of the Dismal Swamp
Posted on May 17, 2007 - Filed Under Gothic Poetry
A Ballad Written at Norfolk, in Virginia.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, 1884
“They tell of a young man, who lost his mind upon the death of a girl he loved, and who, suddenly disappearing from his friends, was never afterwards heard of. As he had frequently said, in his ravings, that the girl was not […]
The Worms Crawl In
Posted on May 17, 2007 - Filed Under Gothic Poetry
Never laugh when a ghost goes by—
It may be your turn next to die.
They wrap you up in a big white sheet
And throw you down, six feet deep.
All goes well for a week or two,
Then things start happening; all is new.
Worms crawl in and worms crawl out,
And ants play ping-pong on your snout.
One worm that’s […]
