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zaroen02 In reply to smawzyuw2 [2011-07-12 23:39:43 +0000 UTC]

The term devil’s chair (or "haunted chair") in folklore is frequently attached to a class of funerary or memorial sculpture common in the United States during the nineteenth century, and often associated with legend tripping. Nineteenth century graveyards sometimes included carved chairs for the comfort of visitors. In this function, the object was known as a "mourning chair," and cemeteries have long provided, and continue to provide, benches for similar purposes, most often movable units of the type used in parks, but also specimens in the tradition of the carved chairs. Some carved chairs were probably not intended for use as anything but monuments, while the "monubench" is still commercially available. Paradoxically, once the custom of proper use of these chairs fell into disuse, superstitions developed in association with the act of sitting in them. In a typical example, local young people dare one another to visit the site, most often after dark, at midnight, or on some specified night such as Hallowe’en or New Year’s Eve. Variously, the stories suggest the person brave enough to sit in the chair at such a time may be punished for impudence or rewarded for courage.

thats what i know of..

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zaroen02 In reply to Weasley-Detectives [2009-07-13 08:25:45 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the appreciation

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Weasley-Detectives In reply to zaroen02 [2009-07-13 12:43:56 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome. It's inspired part of a story I'm writing, so many thanks!

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zaroen02 In reply to emodist [2009-05-12 15:05:10 +0000 UTC]

grabe ug unsa?..hahaha..kaw hap lain nah hap..hahaha

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emodist In reply to zaroen02 [2009-05-12 23:49:56 +0000 UTC]

whahaah! aus au pagka buhat!

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zaroen02 In reply to emodist [2009-05-13 02:24:15 +0000 UTC]

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zaroen02 In reply to Jebez-Kali [2009-05-12 13:41:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks idols

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