Folklore, Fables, and Things that Go Bump in the Night

I adore folklore, especially being up here in New England, where the very air is full of spirits (even on an uncharacteristically hot day like this one!). Somewhere around these boards, I offered my own retelling of the Jonathan Moulton story… 

Anyhoo, just found this blog—newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-agnes-statue-that-kills.html—and it’s excellent. The story to which I’ve linked is “Black Agnes,” in Montpelier, Vt., and I found that particularly intriguing: I grew up on Long Island, NY, and near the town of Huntington there’s a supposedly haunted road, appropriately called “Mount Misery Road.” And, wouldn’t y’know, there’s a cemetery on the side of the road, with a Black Agnes statue and identical legend as well. 



Snopes tells us that several communities have “killing statue” legends, but I find it very curious that they should have the same name!