ghostes

"Dem t'ing wha 'people call ghostes, dey is evil walks.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Yas, sah, seem like all de ghostes in de world havin 'de conferince right dar.

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

Right dar am all de sperits in de world, an 'all de ha'nts in de world, an' all de hobgoblins in de world, an 'all de ghouls in de world, an' all de spicters in de world, an 'all de ghostes in de world.

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

An 'whut dem six ghostes do but stand round an' confabulate?

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

'Ca'se ef a li'l black boy gwine imaginate dey _is_ ghostes, he gwine be skeered in de dark. An' dat a foolish thing for to imaginate.

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

Yuh say youh wants me to tell you some tales about ole times, ghostes and the like.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

I ain't never seed no ghostes, but I sho 'has felt' em.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Mose, an 'he mek dat same _re_mark, and dat whole convintion ob ghostes an' spicters an 'ha'nts an' yever-thing, which am more 'n a millium, pass by so quick dey-all's hands feel lak de wind whut blow outen de cellar whin de day am hot, an' dey-all say, "Dey ain't no ghosts."

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

I don 'believe in hants an' ghostes, but they's some things which I does think is signs of death.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

So prisintly all de ghostes am whiff away, like de fog outen de holler whin de wind blow 'on it, an' li'l black Mose he ain 'see' ca'se for to remain in dat locality no longer.

The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews