https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2019-10-29 19:34:06 UTC 2019-11-18 19:46:38 UTC hello@padlet.com tibbs_ashalynn https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408168473 O Passes child/baby over the coffin of a deceased adult
 - Child will not be bothered by spirit
 - Meant to confuse the spirit

]]> 2019-11-07 16:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408168473 tibbs_ashalynn https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408170410 O Beats drum to inform the town someone died
  - Mirrors are turned facing the wall so spirit cannot be reflected
O When deceased a party would take the body to the graveyard
 - Wait at gate for permission from ancestors to enter
O Smashes dishes and plates over grave to "break the chain"
 - Making sure nobody from the deceased family would die soon
O Went back home and prepared a feast, leaving a portion on the porch for the newly deceased
 - Would paint their shutters a color called "haint" to ward off evil or angry spirits]]> 2019-11-07 16:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408170410 tibbs_ashalynn https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408328385 O Witches can cast a spell by putting powerful herbs/roots underneath a person pillow or somewhere they often walk
O Special people called "Root Doctor" or "Doctor Buzzard" who provide protection against the witchcraft or helps with effects of curse
 - Believes powerful spirits can enslave a person
 - Sometimes papers walls or fold a piece of newspaper inside a shoe for the spirits to read before taking action
 -  Derived from West African practice of wearing protective amulets 
- ^^ Called Sebeh or grigri]]> 2019-11-07 19:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408328385 tibbs_ashalynn https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408336331 O If dreaming or seeing person put money on their graves 
 - Says it pays the spirit to leave you alone 
O No not cry in graveyard
 - Spirit will grieve and person will come back for you
 - Death will soon come]]> 2019-11-07 20:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408336331 tibbs_ashalynn https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408338349 O Put plates, cups, and other household objects on grave so spirit will not come home to get them
 - "Dressing the grave"
 - Includes favorite things of the dead
- Can even be clocks or telephones]]> 2019-11-07 20:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/408338349 tibbs_ashalynn https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/410242972 https://glc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Gullah%20Customs%20and%20traditions.pdf
Gullah Tour
https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article56101365.html]]> 2019-11-12 20:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tibbs_ashalynn/vze517tyrts6/wish/410242972