Oral Traditions:Oral Traditions:

Ghost Stories and Ghost Stories and Other Local Tales of Other Local Tales of

The BizarreThe Bizarre

Go over your story with your peer group and Go over your story with your peer group and explain your answers to the assigned explain your answers to the assigned questionsquestions

P.S. Don’t forget to eat P.S. Don’t forget to eat candycandy!!

Questions• How old is the story? Does anything in the story date it? (If How old is the story? Does anything in the story date it? (If

you are doing a local story, ask the teller if they know)you are doing a local story, ask the teller if they know)• What is the significance of the story? Does it serve a purpose What is the significance of the story? Does it serve a purpose

or contain a lesson?or contain a lesson?• Why does the story seem to endure?Why does the story seem to endure?• What might have inspired the story? A house, event, or What might have inspired the story? A house, event, or

location?location?

Old Alton Bridge Old Alton Bridge and legend of “goat-man”and legend of “goat-man”• The bridges is south of Denton, near Copper The bridges is south of Denton, near Copper

CanyonCanyon• Built in 1884Built in 1884• iron through-truss bridge• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Old_Alton_Bridge

The Urban Legend of Fox Hollow

• The legend: A mad, ghostly Doctor would throw his infant son off the fourth story observatory of the home at midnight