The+Girl+in+White

[|"The Girl in White"]is a story again rewritten solely by the author of this wiki and is based on the story retelling of S.E. Schlosser. A young man arrives at a dance disheartened because his dance partner had to stay home with her sick mother. He sadly stands in a corner and watches all the other happy couples dance, sway, and spin to the music. His friend coaxes him to forget about his partner and ask another girl to dance, and, emboldened by his friend’s encouragement, he searches the crowd, hoping to find a partner. He spots a girl in white and the moment he asks her to dance, the girl appears surprised that he would do such a thing, but after she got over the shock, agrees to dance with him. They dance so energetically and cheerfully that the boy has to get a drink for the two of them. While he is away from the girl, his friend asks him why he was dancing by himself, and the boy looks at his friend as though he is crazy. He returns to the beautiful girl in white and she admits that she has to go, but the boy feels intense sadness at the thought of her leaving, and begs her to stay. She asks if he would like to come with her, and as he is reaching for her hand, she begins to appear misty and transparent. In horror, the boy watches as the girl slowly disappears into mist, her sad eyes watching him the whole time. This boy had danced with the unfortunate spirit of Consuela, an aristocrat’s daughter who died a hundred years ago and missed her first ball. Thus, she waits and watches for any who are willing to dance with her.

The tale of [|"Adelaida Orantier"] is a story that can be learned from, it is told in the words of the author of this wiki based on the telling of the story by Bobette Bryan. In the 1800s, in the town of El Quarte, Mexico, a wealthy man and his daughter, Adelaida, resided in an expansive mansion and boasted a large fortune. Yet the father died when Adelaida was eighteen, leaving the great mansion and family fortune to her. Adelaida became obsessed with the money, and constantly feared that someone would steal it from her. As a result, she retreated into the mansion and never ventured into the outside world, and the care of the mansion fell into the hands of Adelaida’s servants. One night, a servant named Alicia suffocated Adelaida in her sleep in order to claim the family fortune. Despite all Adelaida’s efforts to guard the fortune, someone so close to her ended up being the one to try and take it from her. Today, Adelaida’s spirit wanders the halls of the mansion.

[|"The Bells"] is a tale of greed, as it features an evil priest who collected church offerings for his own and hid them away. This story is in this wiki author's own words and is based on the retelling of the story by S. E. Schlosser. This priest buried his stolen treasure and killed a man so as to bury him with the gold so the priest could have someone to guard the treasure at all times. Eventually, the priest died, but whispered that in order to find the treasure, one must follow the bells. A sweeper who worked in the church heard the last words of the priest, and sought out to find the treasure, as he had a very poor family. One night, he heard the ghostly ringing of church bells, and eagerly grabbed a shovel and followed the sounds which lead to two trees. He dug feverishly and uncovered the treasure chest. Yet a strange moaning carried on the wind, and he looked up to see the skeletal body of the man who had been killed reaching towards him. The sweeper bolted from the place and didn't look back until he got home. The next morning, the sweeper returned to find the site where he dug to be as it was before he disturbed it, yet he also discovered two gold coins that the dead body had forgotten when putting the treasure back. He pocketed them and never returned.



Citations:

Bryan, Bobette. “Adelaida Orantier, A Haunting in Mexico.” //Underworld Tales.// 2004.

 21 Nov. 2011. http://www.underworldtales.com/adelaida.htm

Schlosser, S. E. “Girl in White: A Mexican Ghost Story.” //American Folklore//. 31 Oct.

20 Nov. 2011. http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_girl_in_white.html

Schlosser, S. E. “The Bells: A Mexican Ghost Story.” //American Folklore//. 31 Oct.

20 Nov. 2011. http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_bells.html

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