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     crossroads Citizen Username: Crossroads Post Number: 27 Registered: 12-2001  |
What stories do you remember?????!!!? | ||
| Lizziecat Citizen Username: Lizziecat Post Number: 305 Registered: 5-2003 |
According to the Encyclopedia of New Jersey (Rutgers Univ. Pr., 2004), the Jersey Devil is a legendary creature of South Jersey, native to the Pine Barrens. It has the head of a horse, the torso of a man, the wings of a bat, the hooves of a goat, and a long serpentne tail. In 1735 the Jersey Devil was born to Jane Leeds, who lived with her husband Daniel near a swamp on the Mullica River. The couple had twelve children, and with her thirteenth pregnancy, Jane, in a moment of weakness and anger, prayed "Lord, I hope this one is not a chid. Let this one be a devil." The reference is a lot longer. I'm sure that the Encyclopedia must be available at the Library, or you can get it at B & N for $49.95. | ||
| Rebecca Raines Citizen Username: Robin_realist Post Number: 163 Registered: 10-2003 |
There are whole books about the Jersey Devil in the library. If you spend time in the Pine Barrens, they will tell you stories about it. There were sightings in a fairly large area, mostly at night, but enough normal people saw it for me to think there was something there. Maybe a lost species or something. Pterodactyl-type. I don't think it was actually human-related. Anyway, info in the library. R | ||
| extuscan Citizen Username: Extuscan Post Number: 278 Registered: 6-2001 |
Why would a bunch of people from Brooklyn have any memories of the Jersey Devil? John | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 3376 Registered: 5-2001  |
John, Now remember, they are usually not "from" Brooklyn - it's just a stopover on their way here to Mapleland. | ||
| Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 3325 Registered: 5-2001 |
The Folklore and Folklife of New Jersey by David Steven Cohen, Rutgers University Press, c. 1983, makes for fascinating reading. It contains several references to the Jersey Devil. The most intersting quote is, "Most of the published accounts of the Jersey Devil have been written by unbelievers. These writers have trivialized what was originally an authentic folk legend and folk belief." The book also includes a bibliography containing serveral references regarding legends of the Pine Barrens. |
