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conjuremanj · 1 year

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Haints: Ghosts and Evil Spirits from the Old South

What exactly is a "haint"?

Haint is an old southern word for a specific type of ghost or evil spirit. Belief in haints probably originated with the Gulla Geechee people, descendants of African slaves in the southern country like Louisiana, Haints are malicious ghosts, often seeking to steal or harm naughty children (maybe used as a story to make unruly children behave?

Let’s look at the first question, Why The Color Blue? A color specifically for protection against ghosts. The color blue represented water, the spirits could not cross over water, and painting the ceilings, door frames, and window trims tricked the ghosts and spirits into thinking it was water and they would not cross it to enter the house.

There are many traditions, customs, and beliefs that are still being practiced today. For instance, people believe in dark magic. and paint their doors "haint blue" in order to ward off evil spirits and witches. (Old witch's durning the time when everything was thought to be evil) In the south, historic homes often feature a special hue of blue paint on the ceilings of their big, covered porches, or window shutters, sills, and doors blue.

Haints are restless spirits of the dead who, for whatever reason, have not moved on from their physical world.

How to get rid of haints: According to lore, these are some tried-and-true methods for distracting or getting rid of haints: (Read my bottle tree post)

Bottle Tree - The bottle tree originated in Africa and migrated to the US. The bottles are said to catch wandering spirits at night, and hold them until they can be destroyed by the sunshine of daytime.

News Paper: Haints can't resist certain repetitive tasks, such as reading newspapers pasted onto walls, or counting the straws in a broom, or grains of rice. The idea is to distract and frustrate the haunts, who keep losing count and starting over again repeatedly. The haunts will be forced to leave as morning approaches, I personally can't say it's true but I do know the newspapers are still put on the windows and stuff and then so in the walls.

Clean the house - Burn sage or incense. Mop the floors with pine and camphor, or a good floor wash.

How Do I Know I Caught A Haint In The Bottle? If you find a bottle flipped over, you caught one. If you use incense and the smoke from that incense falls into the bottle you got one in it.. That's the Traditional way of knowing.

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nitrateglow · 2 years

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Made a post about a great little silent comedy Elsa Lanchester made in 1928.

#elsa lanchester #silent film #blue bottles

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sanjiwifer · 8 months

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. • Message In A Bottle pt. 1 • .

( i have a weak spot for east blue headcanons, especially pre timeline.)

#east blue crew #nami #zoro #roronoa zoro #zonami #zona #one piece #one piece headcanon #one piece fanart #one piece comic #Bottle AU #MIAB AU #🍾 AU #Message In A Bottle AU

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ghostofadragon · 1 year

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let me down easy

#something something what if they made it out of that slaughterhouse together after all #[downs a bottle of vodka] anyway emesis blue am i right #my artwork #tf2 #team fortress 2 #soldierspy #emesis blue

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thedailymobile · 2 years

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“Bottled-Up In Blue”

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#blue #blue bottles #blue glass #bottles #drops #glass #glass bottles #group #grouping #repetition #transparent

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heartnosekid · 4 months

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groenneir.goddess on ig

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blended-ice · 1 year

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Making Gyoza

#peas n guac #hey if you couldn’t tell that’s minako in the blue shirt and she is holding a wine bottle #meant to finish this earlier but then college was all like lmao you thought #pray for Mari she’s having to haul old lady ass outta the cooking zone before the dumpling filling is further defiled with unlabeled wine #the goat fr #Yurio looks bored but he’s actually having a phenomenal time and he is actively listening to what Toshiya has to say #bless #yuuri is the only one who’s noticed Minako’s tomfoolery and Mari’s suffering #what an aware king 👑🙏🙏🙏#yuri on ice #yoi #viktor nikiforov #katsuki yuuri #viktuuri #fanart #id in alt text #yuri plisetsky #katsuki mari #minako okukawa #katsuki toshiya #the family together <3 #podium family #tw meat #tw food #food #tw knife #tw alochol #I think I tagged everything of concern #gotta keep this a safe space for the homies u feel #cooking together

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daily-crabbys · 6 months

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Today's crab is: a dangerous snack

#daily-crabbys #crab #ghost crab #thats a man o war/blue bottle jellyfish baby #very dangerous! can kill both fish and humans #since this crab in munching on it i am unsure of its affect on crustaceans #hopefully not too deadly

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uglygreenjacket · 9 months

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I just think he's neat.

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #firstprince #rwrb movie #henry fox mountchristen windsor #nicholas galitzine #HIS LITTLE DANCE #and his comfort champagne bottle

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lionfloss · 1 year

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Vintage Perfume Bottles

#perfume bottle #vintage #antiques #glass #decor #design #art #objects #png #pngs #transparent #blue #art nouveau

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cod-dump · 6 months

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*Soap screaming from the living room of the safe house*

Gaz, running in with a gun: WHAT’S WRONG?!

Soap, literally crying: THERE’S A FUCKING SPIDER

Gaz: … are you fucking serious?

Soap: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND! THE FUCKER WAS AS BIG AS MY HAND

Ghost, walking in: Johnny, Kyle— have you seen Daisy?

Soap, turning to look at Ghost while actively crying: Who the FUCK is Daisy??

Ghost: Oh, you have seen her

Soap: PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT FUCKING SPIDER

Ghost: Yes? Please tell me you didn’t hurt her!

Soap: *incoherent noises while crying*

Gaz: … I’m going back to bed

#daisy is a blue green bottle :)#ghost bought her on impulse #modern warfare #call of duty #john soap mactavish #kyle gaz garrick #simon ghost riley #incorrect quotes

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conjuremanj · 1 year

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Bottle Trees & How To Make One & How To Know If You Cought One?

Have you ever been driving through Louisiana, or any other southern states, and noticed a tree with colored bottles either hanging from it or stuck onto their branches? Natives of Africa have hung hand-blown glass on huts and trees to ward off evil spirits ( negative energy) since the ninth century, and maybe even earlier.

The Legend is told that the spirits are attracted to the sparkling color of the bottles, blue ones seemingly more enticing to spirits. The moaning sound that the bottles make by the wind is proof that a spirit ( Negative Spirit Energy) is trapped within.

Where Did Bottle Trees Originate:

Bottle trees originated in the Congo of West Africa and date back to at least the ninth century. Very soon after European colonizers noticed the practice in Africa, bottle trees were also observed in the Caribbean in Black communities comprised of people brought there from West Africa via the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Bottle Trees are traditional for a African Diasporic religion or practice like voodoo or hoodoo.

These early accounts the bottle trees were used to ward off a variety of dangers that could destroy a home, such as thieves, evil spells and bad spirits. If you hung bones and bottles in your mango tree, for instance, thieves wouldn't touch the fruit. Basically seeing the tree like this and not knowing what it is we're scared a person off the property.

Hoodoo and the Tradition of Bottle Trees:

Bottle trees are a practice in Hoodoo. The idea behind bottle trees in the Hoodoo tradition is that the world is full of marauding spirits, usually up to no good. In the south of of Louisiana where I'm at, we believe they can enter your house if you're not careful, wreaking havoc — However, these evil spirits are very interested in spangly glass bottles. If you hang them on trees outside your house, the spirits will check the bottle out and become trapped inside, and in the morning when the sun comes up, they will be destroyed in the bottle by the sunlight.

If you're not sure the light of day has really done its job, you can cork the bottle, take it to the river and throw it in the water. A bad spirit (Haint) has no chance against the river because, according to legend, they absolutely hate water. (In mist religions dark energies and or spirits don't like nor can cross running water)

What Are Haunts? Now you herd me mentioned the world Haint. A haint is a restless ghost (spirit) who has not left the world, but has remained behind to haunt the living with trickery that is most often harmless, but there are some that can be more sinister in nature. Due to the vengeful and tricky its intentions of haunts, warding them off is understandably a priority. Hoodoo, sometimes referred to as rootwork, conjure or even lowcountry voodoo, would offer protection from evil. But at night, the boo hag would shed the skin and go looking for a victim to "ride," depleting the victim's energy or possibly even suffocating them.

Make Your Own Bottle Tree:

Turn a tree in your yard into one. The bottle should be placed upside down with the mouth of the bottle facing the trunk. You can also hang them from branches.

Where can I get a bottle? Bud Light platinum bottle is the haint blue.

Do I Need It In A Tree? No you can have in a bush well. Some also place them on the ground.

How Do I Know If I Caught One? The bottom will tip over or you can light a incense around it and if the smoke flows into the bottom you cought one.

Bottle Trees Are Used to Honor the Dead:

Bottle trees also have a special connection to the venerated dead. " The distinctive blue bottles were placed on tree limbs to capture the energy, spirit and memories of ancestors." Important and beloved relatives and community members and when they died, their tombs would be marked with large bottle trees, all sorts of vessels — bowls, cups, bottles, pots and pans — as well as knives, forks and bracelets.

How Do I Know If I Caught One?

You will here a whistle sound like the wind blowing into it.

The bottom will tip over.

You can light a incense around it and if the smoke flows into the bottom you cought one.