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No, the girl who was leaning on the fence had never been ha'nted, but her eyes were wide with pity for the old soul who had marched through
Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell
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No, the girl who was leaning on the fence had never been ha'nted, but her eyes were wide with pity for the old soul who had marched through
Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell
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Bell House, dat nobody kin live in, 'cause a man run his wife from home and atter she died, she come back and ha'nted dat house.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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No, the girl who was leaning on the fence had never been ha'nted, but her eyes were wide with pity for the old soul who had marched through
Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell
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Ther 'was a time, in the days when they talked of it bein' ha'nted, you'd hear folks call it
The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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He hadn't a good name in these parts, and the house hasn't a good name either, for the darkies say it is ha'nted and that old Mrs. Jordan – 'ole Miss' they called her – still comes back out of her grave to rebuke the ha'nt of Mr. Jonathan.
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Hit's ha'nted by badness, dat's what 'tis, en dar ain nobody cep'n
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"Sho ', she's ha'nted!" he proclaimed vigorously after a while during which he had come to have confidence in the new steersman's knowledge and had been intrigued into conversation.
Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Jackson Gregory 1912
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He hadn't a good name in these parts, and the house hasn't a good name either, for the darkies say it is ha'nted and that old Mrs. Jordan -- 'ole
The Miller Of Old Church Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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"Uncle Adam thinks we've been ha'nted out of existence, and he's hammering to wake the dead," said I.
A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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