The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3817   Message #62435
Posted By: Steve Parkes
11-Mar-99 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Pearl Bryan (murder ballad)
Subject: RE: Pearl Bryan
I know this is a silly question, but how does she search for her head? She obviously can't literally look for it. Likewise, the head can't lie there shouting, "Over here!"; allowing that ghosts can actually shout without any breath (they seem to manage well enough in other departments), the body wouldn't be able to hear. On the other hand, if the body can wander around, could the head also?

While we're on the subject, how come a ghost's clothes come back in spirit form as clothes, since they were already living-impaired, or whatever the pc expression is, when the clothee died? Why not come back as cotton bolls or sheep, or not at all?

Steve



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