Never whistle in the dark or in graveyards

[FlyersFan]

Wanna' talk about whistling in the dark or in graveyards?
Not supposed to do it!
It is seen in many cultures as summoning the dead and other spirits.

So ... do you believe it's true ... that you shouldn't do this?
Or do you think it's just fine and it's only superstition?
Or ... do you claim not to believe it but you won't whistle in the dark 'just in case'?  

Me?  I can't whistle.   My whistle is really pathetic.
But if I could ... I would not take the chance and 
whistle in the dark or in graveyards.

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[DontTreadOnMe]

Posting before I watch the vid.
I think whistling in graveyards is a bit of disrespect.
In the dark?  meh.

Now to watch the vid......




OK.
Seems like I'm on the same track with the graveyard "taboo"
As far as at night?  I will say some of the  "spiritual encounters" I have had have been at night....but not enough to creep me out to whistling in the dark.

Although we do have the phrase "things that go bump in the night"......

[UltraBudgie]

[DontTreadOnMe]

Not that I think this is a great song or anything.
Maybe it proves you shouldn't:




Better:   
Screamin' Jay doesn't disappoint:

[BeTheGoddess]

I have much experience with graveyards, instead of flowers the aboriginals here place sea shells on the graves...

flowers wither, the shells last. Most of the graves with them dont have a headstone, its the "pauper" part of Fremantle Cemetery.

Not where Bon Scott's plaque is.

[fiveandtwo]

I have much experience with graveyards, instead of flowers the aboriginals here place sea shells on the graves...

flowers wither, the shells last. Most of the graves with them dont have a headstone, its the "pauper" part of Fremantle Cemetery.

Not where Bon Scott's plaque is.

Back in the eighties I lived in Bowling Green KY.  There was a cemetery on the outskirts of town that had a grave that was covered in seashells.  I asked around but no one knew why.  Maybe it was an aboriginal person who was buried there?

[fiveandtwo]

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6VQAYZu3E]

[David64]

Back in the eighties I lived in Bowling Green KY.  There was a cemetery on the outskirts of town that had a grave that was covered in seashells.  I asked around but no one knew why.  Maybe it was an aboriginal person who was buried there?

https://www.al.com/living/2015/08/why_vi...rners.html

[fiveandtwo]

https://www.al.com/living/2015/08/why_vi...rners.html

Thank you for the link.  I’ve never heard of this and I’m from the south.

[BeTheGoddess]

Back in the eighties I lived in Bowling Green KY.  There was a cemetery on the outskirts of town that had a grave that was covered in seashells.  I asked around but no one knew why.  Maybe it was an aboriginal person who was buried there?

The tradition is also practiced in a few pasific island nations too, and they often go to Hawaii for work, so maybe not aboriginal?...

The type of shells placed there can mean a lot. I encountered shells from up north a couple of times, but not conches or anything tropical.  Like a freshwater shell or a saltwater shell, you know where its from.