Now I think we can all agree, with slavery, the Civil War, and lord knows what else that went on down here in the southern U.S., that there were a lot of people who lived and died here in horrible ways. In fact I think it is Charleston N Carolina where the waterfront was built over slave graves. Seriously rude.
Sharon and I did the Savannah Hop On Hop Off when she was here over Christmas, and this time we went into two homes. The first was the Kehoe House. The Kehoe family consisted of 10 children, and it is said that two of them died in this house. Not sure if that is true or not, but what the hell – let’s believe it. While I didn’t see/feel anything, Sharon did say she felt cobwebs on her neck most of the time she was in the house.
Basement of the home which also had a kitchen in the basement so the slaves would cook there and then take the food out to the garden for the guests when there was a party outsideBasementThis is a machine that measured cotton as it was spun. When it got to a certain length the machine would “pop”. The machine was called a weasel. Which is where “pop goes the weasel” comes from. This was not a wood panel on the wall, but this wall was painted to look like wood paneling. Quite extraordinary
Now onto the next home, which is where Sharon got a couple of photos of a ghost. First let’s look at the house itself and its contents.
Andrew Low was a young Scottish immigrant and became a very successful businessman. His daughter-in-law, Juliette Low, lived in this home and founded the Girl Scouts of America.I love how skinny the windows are on each side of the front doorThe front garden. Across the street is a park which was also used as their front garden when parties where held. Piano, which I thought was outstanding Picture of the piano when the top is opened. This would be great for an apartment nowadays!This room is decorated exactly like the dining room in the White House apparently I LOVED this tub!! I want one!The “chair” by the window is actually a toilet. I don’t want one!Don’t you find it “Chucky freaky” when they place dolls out as if someone is going to pop in and play with them. I was waiting for the chair to start rocking.
OK, now onto the ghost. I will capture content in each picture. You can decide if we are losing our minds……or if indeed we captured a spirit.
In this picture, look at the mirror. You can see Sharon in the middle, and to the left you can see the back of a women’s head with her hair in a bun and wearing a white lace dress. It was NOT in any other photo that was taken just before and after this.This pic isn’t as clear but you can see a shadow again on the left which is white. We believe this to also be the same lady but not as clear as the earlier picture. I’m not even sure where Sharon went in this pic as you can’t see her. Weird
I wish these pictures showed a clearer view. On our cameras, with the picture on the left where you can see the back of the lady’s head/hair in a bun, you can enlarge and see the detail of the lace around her neck. It is quite extraordinary. We showed the picture to the lady at the ticket counter, and without blinking an eye, she said “oh you got a picture of her too, that’s wonderful”. We would like to think this is Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Guides, but that is just a guess.
Like I said, you decide. If you want me to text you the picture so you can blow it up on your phone to take a better look, then send me a note. Or you can just roll your eyes and chalk this up to “Lori is losing it”. HA !
