Ghosts Sentence Examples

I used to believe in ghosts when I was young.

She thought about telling Alex, but he was in no mood to hear about ghosts in the dark.

I'll look forward to my night out hunting ghosts.

For a long time the ghosts and witches pursued me even into Dreamland.

He announced his lab was, "free of any and all ghosts of the past."

I tell Julie the nightmares must be from my past; ghosts trying to get out.

Besides, you've got too much on your minds— running for sheriff, little Martha leaving and all—you don't need to hear about the ghosts in my closet.

The gloomy dungeons are also populated by the ghosts of the wretches whose spare parts have been used to manufacture the monster.

If you do you will find a timeless enchantment - with perhaps a few ghosts as well.

Her setting is a castle that is quite fantastical, with some incredibly funny ghosts.

Hoping to lay the ghosts of her own past to rest, Gert.. .

Dark spooky castles haunted by ghosts - what could be more of a cliche?

The graphics are bright, fast and clear and you will need to move with some speed to avoid the vengeful ghosts.

The directionality of place-memory ghosts suggests that they are possibly emotional equivalents of optical holograms.

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Debbie Taylor's new novel, hungry ghosts, set on the Greek island of Crete.

Lead Scooby and Shaggy through five huge episodes filled with scary monsters and spooky ghosts.

Plants and Ghosts promises Davies' familiar sensuous, lucid dance yet given new inflections and textural change.

At later levels the warehouse acquires a few ghosts which chase you with murderous intent.

Different attitudes to what happened after death, including systems of eternal reward and punishment; belief in eternal nothingness; and ghosts.

In the basement of the house, which must have cost the set designers a pretty penny, ghosts are locked in glass cells.

Light danced around hir like lotus petals, like flames, like ghosts.

In visual media, Irving and Terry are still resplendent, but not alive; they are ghosts of ghosts.

If he had been he mightn't have been quite so scornful about ghosts in machines.

Later that same year, 13 Ghosts found the saucy young actress moving from horror spoof to the real deal.

When he died his people were ' like ghosts their faces suffused with tears ' .

Under the head of demons are classified only such spirits as are believed to enter into relations with the human race; the term therefore includes (I) human souls regarded as genii or familiars, (2) such as receive a cult (for which see Ancestor Worship), and (3) ghosts or other malevolent revenants; excluded are souls conceived as inhabiting another world.

They were, however, fated to fall far short of such a consummation; and at all times orthodox Brahmanism has had to wink at, or ignore, all manner of gross superstitions and repulsive practices, along with the popular worship of countless hosts of godlings, demons, spirits and ghosts, and mystic objects and symbols of every description.

It was essential in the old Greek rites of averting the Keres or djinns, the ill regulated ghosts who return to earth and molest the living, to abstain from flesh.

The primitive philosophy to which these conceptions belong has to a great degree been discredited by modern science; yet the clear survivals of such ancient and savage rites may still be seen in Europe, where the Bretons leave the remains of the All Souls' supper on the table for the ghosts of the dead kinsfolk to partake of, and Russian peasants set out cakes for the ancestral manes on the ledge which supports the holy pictures, and make dough ladders to assist the ghosts of the dead to ascend out of their graves and start on their journey for the future world; while other provision for the same spiritual journey is made when the coin is still put in the hand of the corpse at an Irish wake.

The strongest belief of the natives was in the power of the ghosts of the dead, so that they carried the bones of relatives to secure themselves from harm, and they fancied the forest swarming with malignant demons.

Perhaps they are the ghosts of thoughts that once inhabited the mind of an ancestor.

She was a ghost in white among taller ghosts, and she followed them placidly, her eyes dark rubies in the night.

If he had been he might n't have been quite so scornful about ghosts in machines.

Used at one time as a burial ground, it was shunned by people even during the day-time for fear of ghosts.

When he died his people were ' like ghosts their faces suffused with tears '.

Does the fog creeping up from the river bring vengeful ghosts seeking to settle an old score?

Ghosts and other haunted characters in movies are very insidious.

Even after the haunted tour, he was still a skeptic with regards to the reality of ghosts in the town.

I'd say that more likely than her chasing ghosts, she is probably trying to play with the family, her brother and things you might not notice such as dust mites or a piece of lint.

If you believe in ghosts, be prepared to jump at every strange sound-historic homes make plenty of them!

Most online Halloween games for kids are lighthearted and contain cartoon ghosts or similar characters meant to amuse.

You play an evil ghost that is trying to get rid of the white ghosts.

You progress through each level shooting your blobs at them while avoiding the white ghosts' green blobs.

You can pick up or shoot hourglasses to gain time in order to shoot enough ghosts to finish the level.

Travel through different doors and explore each room of the building, and pick up objects to protect or hide you from ghosts.

For example, you might find a wooden plank which you can lock doors with, preventing the ghosts from attacking Scooby.

Trying to stop your quest are four ghosts that run around attempting to eat you.

In the maze also are four slightly larger dots that activate the blinking ghosts.

The ghosts flash, which indicates you have the option of eating them.

If you do eat them, you get 200 points for the first ghost and then 400, 800, and 1600 points if you eat two, three or all the ghosts respectively.

Pacman Xonix is a Snake-like game where you have to slowly confine the ghosts until they can't move anymore.

Now that you are planning a Halloween dinner party, you need some good ideas for what to serve the little ghouls and ghosts.

Windows can be made as can ghosts and shutters.

Bleach - Ichigo Kurosaki, an average teenage boy who just happens to be able to see ghosts, finds new purpose in his life when he ends up with the powers of a Soul Reaper, protecting the souls of the dead from evil Hollows.

You can also visit the Discovery Kids website for all sorts of gift options related to ghosts, UFOs, Loch Ness, and more.

If you have access to a pasture or woods, create a trail through the field, and station various "spooks" along the trail, or fix up a basement with boxes, sheets, etc., and have some friends dress up as ghosts and goblins.

Designate one or two players as "ghosts," then have the remaining players spread out through the house, then remain stationary with their eyes closed.

The ghosts roam the space and try to "kill" the other players by standing behind them for 10 seconds without being caught.

A touch of Halloween can be added by sprinkling shiny confetti made of bats, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and black cats on the tables.

If you are getting married on Halloween but aren't thrilled with the whole idea of ghosts and goblins at your reception, opt for a masquerade ball.

Guests can get in on the fun of dressing up and the idea of a masquerade ball lends itself towards class and elegance rather than ghosts and ghouls.

Most people who have an interest in hauntings and ghosts have their own favorite famous ghost story.

For cupcakes, licorice spiders work well, as do marshmallow ghosts.

A new series, Celebrity Paranormal Project, put celebrities in contact with ghosts and other scary experiments.

Is on board for the film The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past with Matthew McConaughey.

When Halloween rolls around, you'll see stores inundated with a wide selection of clothing decorated with ghosts, goblins and witches.

The classic Halloween costume category includes everything we think of when we picture Halloween - witches, pumpkins, vampires, ghosts and horror movie characters.

For Valentine's Day, wear a pair with hearts and try a pair with pumpkins or ghosts for Halloween.

With plenty of hitchhiking ghosts to see and experience, families will get plenty of chills and thrills out of this great attraction that has been charming guests in Liberty Square for decades.

During September and October, the park becomes "haunted," with special Halloween themed shows and ghosts and ghouls roaming the park.

In the Ghost Recon series, Future Soldier will be released in 2011 and Lead the Ghosts' release date is still yet to be determined.

Chomp your way through the maze and munch all the dot pellets in your way while avoiding ghosts who chase after you.

You could also eat the larger, power dots to temporarily transform the ghosts blue and try to catch them for extra points.

On mazes one through four, eat as many ghosts as the screen you're on.

You can play all kinds of supernatural beings like vampires and silly ghosts to secrets of the modern world like the abominable snowman and zombie rock stars, and I don't mean Keith Richards.

You spend the most of the game running from the ghosts and ghouls, not fighting them.

However; you only get three of these swords throughout the whole game, so you constantly have to free the ghosts when your duty is done.

If you grew up jumping on goombas or running away from ghosts in Pac-Man, then the nostalgic value of many video game parodies may be for you as well.

Using the unique movements and trigger of the Wii remote, you control a squad of "ghosts" or soldiers trained in being undetectable as they perform operations on a global scale.

How about having wine labels that feature ghosts, ghouls and goblins?

Preschoolers fear being separated from parents, being left alone or sleeping alone, and imaginary figures, such as ghosts, monsters, and supernatural beings.

A haunted mansion on the center panel, and bats, spiders with cobwebs, or ghosts on the dome for a spooky piece of art.

When thinking of costume ideas, the classic ghosts, ghouls, and goblins are always a good choice.

Let the Baby "Help" Pass Out Candy - Most babies that are not fast asleep on the night of Halloween will enjoy seeing all of the ghosts and goblins that come to the door for candy.

Whether you opt for the traditional costumes, such as witches, vampires, ghosts, or goblins, or you prefer a more modern scary outfit, there are a variety of costumes to choose from.

Each Halloween, you are likely to see ghosts, witches and angels running about as they are simple and inexpensive costumes.

This is why traditional costumes were always variations on ghosts,witches and assorted ghouls.

While not everybody believes in ghosts, those that do all agree that the frightening image of a ghost is unforgettable.

Ghosts are believed to be stuck between two worlds, both the living and the dead.

It originated as a way to drive off ghosts, spirits and demons.

Ghosts of Christmas Past costumes offer a lot of versatility and creativity to the person wearing them.

Films such as Ghosts of Girlfriends Past deliver on the theme by tormenting the main character with visitations of three spirits trying to educate him on matters of the heart.

In most instances, the ghosts of the past should be "free" and "cheerful," and at times, wholly optimistic.

But he freaked out and said the physical intimacy brought up ghosts from his past and his heart just closed down.

Then use a black marker to add tiny faces to the acorns to create acorn Jack-O-Lanterns and ghosts.

Cut out spooky shapes of items, like black cats, ghosts, witches, etc., and tape to the floor in a circle or square.

Paint the soda bottles as ghosts or witches.

Anyway, the ghosts wanted the kids to solve the mystery behind the tragedy of what happened to them in the mansion.

At the end, the mystery was solved, and the ghosts were able to RIP.

He is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

Sometimes photos of "ghosts" turn out to be premeditated hoaxes.

Presently, there is no conclusive photographic evidence of ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.

Throughout the United States and the entire world, sightings of real dead ghosts occur every day.

Similar to other sightings of real dead ghosts, this one is identified.

Ghost hunters around the world always make an attempt to identify ghosts whenever possible.

The ghost hunting enthusiast's website Hollow Hill lists the methods that investigators can use to identify ghosts.

Several of these witness accounts are amazing and, if true, represent a great deal of evidence that sightings of live ghosts are real.

If witnesses are reporting truthfully regarding seeing live ghosts of friends and family, the OBE phenomenon could be real.

This could explain most cases where friends and relatives report seeing ghosts of living people in places very remote from where the person lives.

As with all paranormal evidence, videos claiming to show ghosts should be carefully analyzed before concluding that the video is authentic.

It is important to always immediately look for simple answers rather than immediately attribute anomalies as ghosts.

The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), investigators from the Multi-Energy Sensor Array (MESA), and other investigators monitored the library for ghosts due to its reputation for producing many ghost sightings.

Patrons of the library report several ghosts, including the famous Lady in Grey.

She appears at times in period clothing browsing the bookshelves, and other times she appears alongside other ghosts.

If you watch the live feed long enough, you may actually see one of the Willard Library ghosts yourself.

Generally, there is a healthy skepticism towards reputed footage of ghosts.

There exists a sometimes-morbid curiosity on the Internet to view real video clips of ghosts.

Yet there are some cases where users have come across what they purport to be real video clips of ghosts that, frankly, have no rational explanation.

There are many Internet sources you can visit in order to find real video clips of ghosts.

These sites contain both supposedly real and obviously fake examples of ghosts on video.

There is also a link for people who wish to share their own personal experiences with ghosts.

There are many more sources for real video clips of ghosts on the Internet.

There will continue to be a deep interest in ghosts and unexplained phenomena as long as there are things that go bump in the night.

Other ghosts appear on video as shadows and mists.

This process, called pareidola by psychologists, often explains how many people see ghosts in pictures or video tapes.

This is perhaps the only way to convince hardened skeptics that ghosts really exist.

William Kehoe himself is said to haunt the house, particularly his old study room, while the presences of Annie Kehoe, his wife, and the ghosts of some of their children are believed to make themselves known.

However, documentation of Leap Castle's ghosts abounds online and in books, and it makes a fascinating study.

You can choose from one of five categories, including stories about angels, channeling, ghosts, near death, out of body or past life experiences.

Many of these are geographically based, such as Bloody Chicago by Troy Taylor and Coast to Coast Ghosts by Leslie Rule.

There have been many books written about ghosts from all around the world.

Northern California is a natural cathedral where thousands of visitors come to relax and escape from life, and apparently many ghosts do as well.

The lighthouse was decommissioned by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1965, and visitors today report that the light house is haunted by several ghosts.

One of the ghosts that allegedly roams this hotel is named Lyle.

The Northern California Paranormal Investigators performed an investigation and determined that the hotel is home to two other ghosts as well.

This famous lodge is rumored to house a number of ghosts.

They believed that on the night of October 31, ghosts were able to come back to earth.

The ghosts were not the friendly variety; instead, they came back to damage crops and torment the living.

Ghost stories have been around for a very long time, but nothing removes nagging doubts as to whether spirits really do exist like ghosts caught on camera.

While many people may never see a ghost, not to mention have the opportunity to get it on film, thousands of images of ghosts caught on camera do exist.

If your goal is to seriously catch ghosts on film, a thermal camera is a must have.

The reason a thermal imaging instrument helps when hunting ghosts is because it can "see" more than the naked eye.

Pictures of unexplained phenomenon are fascinating, and if reproducible under similar conditions, they are wonderful proof positive that ghosts exist.

Whether or not you believe in ghosts, anyone would agree that the Puckett salvage yard video is very eerie and surreal.

All but one of the young ladies died from injuries sustained in the accident, and one of the girls died instantly.Hardly a year passed when reports started coming in from drivers who reported seeing ghosts on the hill.

Today, these ghosts have been seen by Harpo employees and have even been caught on security cameras.

As the story goes, she even used a bell to tell ghosts when to leave.

Over the years, almost 50 deaths occurred on the ship, and it reportedly houses some very scary ghosts.

People who are interested in paranormal phenomena often scour the Internet looking for authentic scary videos of evidence that ghosts are real.

However, such videos are also very scary to people because they challenge what many people are taught in school and by their parents - that there's no such thing as ghosts or goblins.

Scary videos of authentic ghosts shatter all of those things that used to bring us comfort as children, so many people resort to belittling the evidence or joking about the phenomenon.

If it appears that the videographer is taking the video for no apparent reason, then the reason is likely only to trick people into thinking that the video has real evidence of ghosts.

The following examples represent some of the best videos on the Internet that offer proof that ghosts and apparitions are real.

Maybe you've already heard about all of the ghosts that have haunted Michigan, Georgia, California or haunted asylums in numerous other states, but there are a few haunted hospitals that you've probably never heard about.

These ghosts may also be seen in reflective surfaces like mirrors and windows.

Looking at videos of ghosts, you want some confirmation that what you're looking at is legitimate.

Many popular legends feature spooky paranormal elements like ghosts, UFOs and cryptids.

There are two basic types of Internet cameras that capture ghosts.

However, by setting up web cams and monitoring them, these new, high-tech ghost hunters have a greater chance of capturing real ghosts on video.

The Willard Library is probably one of the most popular online cams where you can watch the Children's Room, the Basement Room or the Research Room for any sign of the ghosts that visitors report spotting every now and then.

These include not only cameras for ghosts, but also one for leprechauns and even one for the Lockness Monster.

If you have some time and you want to watch for ghosts, just open up a few of these cameras on your computer screen and you'll instantly have your own ghost hunting center from the comfort of your home.

Just be ready to capture a screen shot the moment you see a ghost to have your very own evidence that ghosts really do exist.

Deprived of the sensory input of sound, your visual acuity becomes more finely tuned as you search for evidence of ghosts on your computer screen.

Ghost Soldiers in Gettysburg - Gettysburg is the site of one of the worst battles of the entire civil war, and many people claim to have sighted ghosts in various areas around the battlefield.

Angels and Ghosts offers a whole library of great ghost videos.

Ghosts and apparitions are the first kinds of paranormal happenings people think of when they hear about the paranormal, and with good reason.

They extend far beyond ghosts and mythical creatures.

When people think of paranormal realms, ghosts are typically the first thing that comes to mind.

The current influx of ghost hunting television shows such as SyFy's Ghost Hunters International and Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures shows the high level of interest in ghosts.

There are a number of theories about what ghosts may be and how they may manage to communicate with the living.

Hauntings are in a separate paranormal realm than ghosts.

The typical "Top Lists" you find are often for places that don't promote their resident ghosts, much less provide any opportunities for guests to participate in ghost-related paranormal activities.

Charleston's most haunted inn has a cast of ghosts, especially in rooms 8 and 10.

No person can have a full understanding of ghosts or similar otherworldly beings, so it is not possible to be completely sure that the communicating entity is not evil or doesn't have mischievous intentions.

Of course, there is also the theory that all spirits who communicate via Ouija boards are actually demons disguising themselves as friendly ghosts.

There appears to be a collection of Resurrection Cemetery ghosts who flee through the gates into the path of oncoming cars.

Electro-Magnetic Field (EMF) meters are used to locate energy fields that investigators believe are possibly emitted from ghosts, especially when the entity attempts to physically manifest.

Nothing gets the blood pumping like real ghost stories and videos of supposed real ghosts and ghouls.

In Philadelphia, the Eastern State Penitentiary is renowned for the number of ghosts residing there.

Many of these shows claim to capture evidence that supports the existence of the ghosts they set out to investigate.

These shows are highly successful, and they are another indicator of the popularity of the topic of ghosts and the paranormal.

From the Tower of London to the Parliament House in Suva, Fiji, ghosts have no boundaries.

Community legend is that the house is haunted by the Baker family; however, many of the ghosts that are seen seem unrelated to the Bakers.

Most graveyards have stories surrounding them about one or more ghosts appearing at least occasionally.

Oftentimes, the ghost stories about graveyards do not specify who the ghost once was, yet the assumption is usually that the ghost or ghosts have graves within the confines of the graveyard.

Many cemeteries have posted hours or are completely closed to public access, so wandering around the graveyard at night will more likely land you in trouble with the law than expose you to ghosts.

Bachelor's Grove Cemetery is said to host a diverse population of spirits ranging from ghosts of people, animals, and even a ghost house that appears and then disappears,.

There are also many other ghosts reported that speak directly to people and then disappear.

Ghosts are said to wander this cemetery in great numbers, some carrying flowers while others are accompanied by ghostly pets.

One of the most commonly reported ghosts is that of John Palmer, a man who died in a freak accident in the ship's engine room.

The California hauntings stretch north and are filled with just as many bone-chilling tales of ghosts as the southern part of the state.

Looking back, Topper probably gave me my first "taste" of ghosts.

We're playing detective to try to determine what might be happening, how the data connects to the experiences, and if the case warrants it, what we can do to help the folks in the location (including possible ghosts).

Often, they have their set beliefs about ghosts and poltergeists, and nothing will get them to consider that different situations that seem the same may not be.

Ghosts of Walford - Do you know who died where?

From the classics like witches and ghosts to more unique ideas like an alarm clock and a slimy creature from the deep, these patterns will give you lots of easy ideas for Halloween costumes.

Halloween Craft Freebies has ideas for carving pumpkins, making crafts with witches, pumpkins, and ghosts, coloring pages, ideas for costumes for all ages (including babies) and much more.

Tall Mouse has a great selection of free Halloween craft patterns that would be great for decorating for a party, from a ghoulish wreath to ghosts made of cheesecloth and witches made of ribbon.

Along with the traditional, individually wrapped, mini chocolate bars and drops, we offer Halloween themed chocolates in fun shapes such as pumpkins, bats, and ghosts.

The pajamas with pumpkins, ghosts and ghouls usually have an orange and black theme and can be found anywhere that sells nightclothes.

All of our ghosts and secrets do keep/Gather them all we'll bury them deep/I could sing for sorrow.

Even if you're not into ghosts, goblins and the like.

The darkness the music video possesses pairs well with lines like "I've dealt with my ghosts and faced all my demons" and "I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long."

The ghosts and goblins are afoot and they all want… an All Hallows' Eve party!

Of course early in the fall people think most often of Halloween images like witches and ghosts while later in the season thoughts turn to Thanksgiving, turkeys and cornucopias that are generally associated with the holiday.

Add cut-outs of pumpkins, ghosts and bats to accent the room.

The show follows two men as they are called to various locations to see if these places are indeed haunted by ghosts.

In Ghost Hunters, Hawes and Wilson are called to various locations where residents or staff believe ghosts are present.

Each episode features a set of celebrities who sit down and talk about meeting ghosts and other paranormal activity.

Ryan's issues with 'bunnies' (what the team calls demons and ghosts) have since stopped.

Werewolves, ghosts, vampires and zombies are key characters and are often playing the hero's role, even if some of their intentions are less than heroic.

Ghosts in the movies are a tradition that blend science fiction with horror and thriller.

Ghosts have appeared as speaking characters in drama as long as drama has existed, at least as far back as Homer.

Ghosts in the movies have always been popular subjects in film-making, often used as plot devices to inspire fear.

Later romantic ghosts include the hunky, if deceased, Patrick Swayze, in 1990's movie Ghost, and also in 1990, Alan Rickman as a man returned after death to haunt his lover in Truly, Madly, Deeply.

Ghosts are played for laughs in 1984's Ghostbusters, featuring Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis as a trio of 'parapsychological researchers' who are called in to deal with serious hauntings.

The Harry Potter series features several ghosts played mainly for comedic effect, including Nearly-Headless Nick.

And of course, there are movie ghosts whose intent is to frighten, and frighten they do.

Poltergeist, in 1982, brought ghosts into a family's familiar home, threatening the youngest member of the family.

Ghosts can be horrible, ghosts can be funny.

Other gothics featured mad monks, real ghosts, curses, and supernatural elements of every description.

Working with actress/writer/director Amber Benson, he co-created and co-wrote Ghosts of Albion, an animated supernatural drama for BBC online which then became a book series from Del Rey.

It had ghosts and it was historical, and that's all I recall.

Seasonal favorites such as snowflakes, candy canes, ghosts and polar bears can be found in their stock.

Staff members of the restaurants housed here reportedly have seen ghosts and witnessed poltergeist pranks.

Tell me you're not this psychic guy that's got everyone chasing after ghosts 'cause I have to tell you I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me.

By the time we became an item, my mother was dead and there was no reason in his mind to resurrect old ghosts.

No telling what tales their ghosts could spin and what unfinished business they left behind.

It would be nice if we did have ghosts.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Dean's morning had been filled with enough ghosts, dreams and galactic sex to last a lifetime and he excused himself.

I'm sure shooting ghosts in town must be against some local ordinance.

Alarm clocks ringing in the middle of the night, ghosts walking around, everyone hopping into someone else's bed, half the people wanting to kill the other half!

The winter wind has come a-calling and moans through cracks and crevices like so many ghosts visiting from hell, wailing and beckoning for me to join them.

Finally, as wide awake as a kid on Christmas morning, he gave up the ghosts and dressed, intent on making the trip for the sole satisfaction of punching out Vinnie Baratto.

But once back in bed, the complexities and the happenings of the day raised their heads like so many ghosts crying for attention in his tired brain.

She'd buried those ghosts a long time ago, owning up to her responsibility in the deaths of her family.

I'd never betray you, Darian, no matter what ghosts are in my closet.

Down here it was as if the ghosts of soldiers wandered.

Better he should think it was a sad memory than to think she was afraid of ghosts.

As wife of Pluto, she sent spectres, ruled the ghosts, and carried into effect the curses of men.

Especially feared among many peoples are the souls of those who have committed suicide or died a violent death; the woman who dies in childbed is held to become a demon of the most dangerous kind; even the unburied, as restless, dissatisfied spirits, are more feared than ordinary ghosts.

Another class of nocturnal demons are the incubi and succubi, who are said to consort with human beings in their sleep; in the Antilles these were the ghosts of the dead; in New Zealand likewise ancestral deities formed liaisons with females; in the Samoan Islands the inferior gods were regarded as the fathers of children otherwise unaccounted for; the Hindus have rites prescribed by which a companion nymph may be secured.

Sometimes, as among the Australians, it is merely the ghosts of those who have died in the year which are thus driven out; from this custom must be distinguished another, which consists in dismissing the souls of the dead at the close of the year and sending them on their journey to the other world; this latter custom seems to have an entirely different origin and to be due to love and not fear of the dead.

Verrall (Journal of Hellenic Studies, xx., 1900, p. 115) explains it as a feast of "revocation" (from avaO o-aaaOat, to "pray back" or "up"), at which the ghosts of the dead were recalled to the land of the living (cp. the Roman mundus patet).

In the next year he published his only completed, though certainly not his most valuable work, the Miscellanies, a collection of stories on ghosts and dreams. He died at Oxford in June 1697, and was buried in the church of St Mary Magdalene.

In the Principles of Sociology Spencer's most influential ideas have been that of the social organism, of the origination of religion out of the worship of ancestral ghosts, of the natural antagonism between nutrition and reproduction, industrialism and warfare.

We might expect persons who have experienced spontaneous visual hallucinations, of the kind vulgarly styled "ghosts" or "wraiths," to succeed in inducing pictures in a glass ball.

Even one's personal name had reference to the world of ghosts.

For the lemures were, like our unlaid ghosts, unburied, mischievous or inimical spirits, and these three days were nefasti or unlucky, because their malign influence was abroad..

The ghosts followed and picked up, or perhaps entered into the beans.

All over the earth we meet with such periodically recurrent ceremonies of expelling demons and ghosts, who usually are given a meal before being hunted back into their graves.

The Romans, as we remarked above, distinguished between the Lemures or wandering mischievous ghosts and the Manes snugly interred and tended in the cemetery which was part of every Italian settlement.

The distinction, however, is one for which survivors alone are responsible and not one inherent in the nature of ghosts.

At the same time the ko (" life," "activity," and almost "ghost,") which clung to the neighbourhood of the tomb and enjoyed the ghosts of offerings in ghostly fashion, had some of the independent enterprise which the bai possessed in abundance.

Intellectually bold in the extreme, he was curiously timid in ordinary life, and is said to ha`e had a horror of ghosts.

Among the Egyptians, as in other lands,, llnesses were supposed to be due to evil spirits or the ghosts of lead men who had taken up their abode in the body of the fufferer, and they could only be driven thence by charms and;pells.

He was one of the founders of the study of " Psychical Research," and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897), Magic and Religion (1901) and The Secret of the Totem (1905).

Among the Arunta of Central Australia, the ghosts of the dead haunt certain localities, and, entering the bodies of passing women, are constantly reincarnated; the Black-snake clan of the Warramunga tribe embodies the spirits which the original ancestor had deposited by a certain creek.'

Mr Andrew Lang, on the other hand, supposes that belief in a supreme being came first in order of evolution, but was afterwards thrust into the background by belief in ghosts and lesser divinities (Magic and Religion, 1901, p. 224).

If we take it strictly to mean the belief in ghosts or spirits having the " vaporous materiality " proper to the objects of dream or hallucination, it is certain that the agency of such phantasms is not the sole cause to which all mystic happenings are referred (though ghosts and spirits are everywhere believed in, and appear to be endowed with greater predominance as religious synthesis advances amongst primitive peoples).

In the former class he places supernatural beings (including men with man y as well as ghosts and spirits), blood, new-born children with their mothers, and corpses; which list might be considerably extended, for instance, by the inclusion of natural portents, and animals and plants such as are strikingly odd, dangerous or useful.

But behind Homer stretches the dim scene of pre-Hellenic religion, and the conflict of elements " Pelasgic, and Hellenic, out of which the Homeric religion emerged; and beneath the Homeric religion how many features of the' religion of ghosts and nature-spirits survived in popular usage and the lower cults!

We have to scale the walls, open the windows, and explore the castle before crying out that it is so marvellous that it must contain ghosts.

The peasants believe in charms and omens, in vampires, were-wolves, ghosts, the evil eye and vile or white-robed spirits of the earth, air, stream and mountain, with hoofs like a goat and henna-dyed nails and hair.

As there can be no doubt that the ghosts of dead men have been worshipped in many lands, and as the gods of many faiths are tricked out with attributes derived from ancestor-worship, the system of Euemerus retains some measure of plausibility.

They can call up ghosts, or can go to the ghosts, in Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North America, Zululand, among the Eskimo, and generally in every quarter of the globe.

Besides, you've got too much on your minds— running for sheriff, little Martha leaving and all—you don't need to hear about the ghosts in my closet.

Billy's wreck woke up some ghosts.

Whole fields were yellow with buttercups or white with the ghosts of dandelions whose tiny parachutes floated off, seeking fertile fields in which to propagate.

The Bintley twist was to have some Wilis - the ghosts of jilted brides - fly literally about the place.

As the panto dame was saying " Oh, I don't believe in ghosts " the doors into the circle suddenly slammed shut!

However, Ghosts actually owes a much bigger debt to his brilliant retelling of Rio Bravo, Assault on Precinct Thirteen.

Are the new denizens of this area living among the ghosts of the past?

They both need exorcism from ghosts of hatred and love.

And with no human remains from this time, it is a bit like chasing ghosts.

Perhaps I am just getting sentimental in late middle age, haunted by ghosts of Christmas past.

Can Danger Mouse and his bumbling sidekick Penfold keep us safe from deadly sound guns, giant chickens, pyramids and robot ghosts?

Everyone is welcome to drink beer and discuss spirituality, buddhism, paganism, spiritualism, tarot, ghosts and anything else.

We have been told the place we live in is haunted and wonder if she is playing and chasing ghosts, or is she getting back to kittenhood after being spayed?

It can be easy for many people to feel skeptical or incredulous when others tell tales of seeing ghosts, but it is often much more difficult to discredit those stories when witnesses learn the real names of those ghosts.

Ghosts can be sexy (Alan Rickman!) and sad.

The word Manes signified the friendly ancestral ghosts of a Roman household.

On the other hand, as the speculative systems of noumenal idealism, starting from Fichte, succeeded one another, like ghosts who " come like shadows, so depart," without producing.