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Today's tale comes from Wise County, Virginia, by way of the Palatinate region of what's now Germany, from which the ancestors of many of today's Appalachian people came.

It's an Appalachian retelling of the German story "Ashenputel," which was also the source for the story we all know as "Cinderella."

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Tales are told of headless horsemen across the mountains of West Virginia. Today we combine a few of those tales for this weeks ghostly episode.

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The Cherokee once told of a monstrous creature that was part man and part hornet. This being, named Ulagu, would swoop in and feast on the children of the tribe, then go back to its nest in the gorge of the Nantahala River in North Carolina.

Today we tell the story of how the Cherokee defeated Ulagu, saving their children from it.

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What happens when you mix jealousy, resentment, and the dark arts?

Tragedy for an innocent soul.

Today we tell a story that's been told in parts of eastern Kentucky for many years, a story about a woman scorned and her use of witchcraft and signs to exact her revenge.

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The Reed Gold Mine was opened during the first gold rush, in Western North Carolina, back in the first part of the 19th century. And the mine needed workers, one of whom was Eugene Mills, whose wife, Eleanor, was more enthusiastic about his working there than he was. And that led to some really bad trouble, which we'll tell you about on today's episode.

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Once upon a time, folks here in Appalachia couldn’t run down to the Dollar Store or the Dollar Tree or the Dollar Whatchamajig to buy those everyday things they needed.  They relied on the peddler, who came into a community a few times a year selling everything from pots and pans to hammers and nails.

Today we tell of a couple who encountered one of those peddlers…after he had made an untimely and violent demise.

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Once upon a time, folks here in Appalachia couldn't run down to the Dollar Store or the Dollar Tree or the Dollar Whatchamajig to buy those everyday things they needed. They relied on the peddler, who came into a community a few times a year selling everything from pots and pans to hammers and nails.

Today we tell of a couple who encountered one of those peddlers...after he had made an untimely and violent demise.

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We have a Jack Tale for you today.

Once upon a time old Jack decided to hit the road to find some easy work.  This he did, and in the process he encountered a witch and her coven.  To find out what happened next, just hit that start button on this podcast episode!

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We have a Jack Tale for you today.

Once upon a time old Jack decided to hit the road to find some easy work. This he did, and in the process he encountered a witch and her coven. To find out what happened next, just hit that start button on this podcast episode!

You can subscribe to the MountainLore podcast wherever you download your favorite podcasts.

Sweet dreams, y'all...

In the latter part of the 19th century feuds were common across remote parts of Appalachia, the most well-known of which was the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys.

They weren't the only feudists, though.

In Rowan County, Kentucky at that time two families, the Martins and the Tollivers, were engaged in a bloody feud of their own. Today we tell a tale that sprang from the fighting there, one involving a dead man who, while he could tell no tales, certainly could wink at you.

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners.