Title: The telltale lilac bush, and other West Virginia ghost tales.
Authors: Musick, Ruth Ann.
Publisher: University of Kentucky Press
Year: 1965
Subjects: Tales West Virginia.; Ghost stories.
Abstract: Originally, West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied oridinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives--the hopes, beliefs, and fears--of a people.