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preparation for All Saints Day on November 1.
Enemies of the early Christians worked mischief all through this night to counteract the sacred ceremonies conducted by the followers of Christ. They worshipped the devil, made huge bonfires and played mean tricks. For both Christians and pagans, ghosts were accepted as real, even by the most educated.
Today, we hear about houses visited by some trick of physics or psychology, said to be haunted by a ghost, a restless spirit of one dead, perhaps guilt-ridden, perhaps killed wrongfully, perhaps searching for something missing in life—but denied the peaceful sleep of the dead. Most of us have heard the stories. But we don’t often think about ghosts. According to reports, however, there are at least a few spirits among us here in Rappahannock.
Bob Eastham began his story of a trick playing ghost with assurances that the events happened exactly as he remembers them. “I give you my word of honor. My brother Granville can vouch for it—he was there too.”
The two boys walked a mile and a half from the family farm to school in Flint Hill and on the way, were supposed to drop off fresh milk at their grandmother’s. Their mother had given them strict instructions to avoid horseplay and Bob remeinbers following her orders to the letter. “Granville carried my books and I was holding the milk jar by the neck and by the bottom when we got to where the Buford house is. I heard
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