The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-03

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yie1enre sal 1Iysfefy.
Connected nItb some o. our m e luIitry
feats are ro.ntntic sioriea 81 strange blood
stains still yisIlle-t,re silent; indelihie
Witnesses Of Tragic scenes committed In
Tho distant past. says tho London STAN
darI. ~ Con.iover Hall, Shropshire.
there n said 70 be blood stain which has
been there since the tins Of Henry Will.
and cannot b seTacsd. According 70 a
local tradition. which has long been cur
rent in tie neighborhood. II Il the blood
Of Lord Knevitt. the owner Of the hall
and estate At fhia period. WHO was freneh-
crousIy slain BY bis son. But this story,
which Is utterly az yaFinncs With facts
tearing on the history Of Coadover and
~ owRers Ia years gone b., must BE-
Chased among the legendary tales Of TIE
country.
The Cothele, a mansion on tho banks Of
tire TsIaar. the marks arc still to.be seen
Of ne blood split by the lord Of the manor
when. for some supposed act Of perfidy, h6
slew the warden Of the drawbridge.
Natiaihei HawI orue, on one occasion.
enjoyed the hospitality 81 HntthiIls Hall,
Lancashire. and was 50 impressed aIth
tho weii-known legend Of the Bloody
Footstcp that 10 three separate inst ances
be founded fictions upon IL
A curious story is told by Miss Jackson
In her Shropshire Folklore o. blood
stains 1T P.aish Hall. near Cardinaton.
This legend runs that party OF clergy
were assembled at P.a.sh playing clrds.
All the doors were locked, when suddenly
they burst open without any apparent
cause. Again they we're locked. q bat pres
emily they burst open second time. and
q f~f n ~ -
pearetf Ia the midst Of the company. and
they all rose and fed excepting the host.
whom ie others basely loft faea TO face
with Che enemy. None ever saw that
wretcbed man again. either alive or dead.
Only great stain Of blood. shaped like
q human form, vas found on tho flour OF
the room, and despite all efforts, the mark
could never DO washed out Ever since
this occurrence the house has been
haunted. and at midnight ghostly troop
Of horses are heard. with such noise that
one can sleep.
The Cornishman knows from the red
tllmy growth on the brook pebbles that
blood had been shed there--a belief stfll
firmly credited. Thus, some years ago
writes MIR Hunt. In his /" Popular Roman.
ccs Of the West Of England "a Cornish
gentleman was cruelty mugdered and his
~
shoRnastones taken from this brook with.
bright red spots on some vegetable growth
upon them. It Is said that eyor sInce the
murder tie stones 10 the brook are spotted
with gore, whereas they never were SO
previously To this period" Accordingly
70 another strange Cornish belief told OF
st. Denis, blood, II Is related that at the
very tlme when this decapitation took
psace Ia Paris blood fell on the stones OF
tho c'lurchyard Of st. Denis. Ever since
these blood ethins are reported 10 be
specially visible when calamity Of any
Kind Is near at hand.
Ehe red peoples which followed the
blowing Of the fields OF Waterloo after the
Duke Of yelling tons victory was said to
have sprung from tho blood OF the troops
whofeA during tho engagement. and the
fruit 81 tie mulberry, which was orirl-
nally white, tradition Informs us became
empurpied through human blood. notion
which In certain parts Of Germany ac-
counts for the color OF the heather Defoe
speaks Of certain ctmp called Oar
row Hill. and writes: They say this
was Danish camp, and the roads here
abouts being oyergrown with Daneaeed
theyfancyit sprung from tho blood Of
Danes slain In battle, and that II cut upon
certain day Of the year bleeds."
In Wales the'dwarf elder Is nlcknamed
I" Plant OF the Blood Of Man" aud the
.wailiIose is known Ia Palestine as the \
" BIood-drops OF Christ" Among other
plants which are said To owe the dark
st'iiHeu uIpsspnis ~ tnp ulouu-drOps whIcn
trickled from the cross may be men
toned the wood sorrel, the spotted peisi-
caria, tho arum, the purple orchis, and
the red nnemone; while French legend
accounts In the same way for the crimson
spotted leaves OF the roodselken.