{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8/699b5a0b240b4a2d758f7f29?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Plat-Eyes and Boo Hags: Creepy Folklore of the Lowcountry of Georgia and South Carolina | Scary Stories","description":"<p>The Gullah Geechee are descendants of West and Central Africans enslaved on the Sea Islands and coastal plantations. Isolated in these regions, they preserved a unique creole language and a rich spiritual folklore. For a long time, any ghostly apparition or sinister spirit in the Lowcountry was simply called a \"haint,\" a term for haunt or ghost. But over time, people realised not all haints were the same. Gullah lore eventually classified the evil spirits into two categories: plat-eyes and boo-hags.</p><p><br></p><p>The <a href=\"https://geni.us/tfthewhisperingwoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BOOK</a></p><p><a href=\"https://buymeacoffee.com/thewhisperingwoodspodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BY US A COFFEE</a></p><p>Join Sarah's new <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/661689902674874\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK GROUP</a></p><p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/TheWhisperingWoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PATREON</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/shows/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8/episodes/thewhisperingwoodspodcast@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EMAIL</a> us your stories</p><p>Join us on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thewhisperingwoodspodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">INSTAGRAM</a></p><p>Join us on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/thewhispwoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TWITTER</a></p><p>Join us on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/thewhisperingwoodspodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK</a></p><p>Visit our<a href=\"https://www.thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> WEBSITE</a></p><p><br></p><p>Research Links:</p><p><a href=\"https://genteelandbard.com/southern-history-haunts-folklore-journal/boo-hags-plat-eyes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://genteelandbard.com/southern-history-haunts-folklore-journal/boo-hags-plat-eyes</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.blacksouthernbelle.com/www-blacksouthernbelle-com-gullah-geechee-folk-rituals-hoodoo-voodoo-and-conjuring\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.blacksouthernbelle.com/www-blacksouthernbelle-com-gullah-geechee-folk-rituals-hoodoo-voodoo-and-conjuring</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php/Plat-eye\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php/Plat-eye</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/dogman/comments/1dz4act/i_learned_something_new_and_i_want_to_talk_about\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reddit.com/r/dogman/comments/1dz4act/i_learned_something_new_and_i_want_to_talk_about</a></p><p><a href=\"https://charlestonterrors.com/boo-hags-haint-blue-vampires-of-the-lowcountry-the-paint-that-stops-them/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://charlestonterrors.com/boo-hags-haint-blue-vampires-of-the-lowcountry-the-paint-that-stops-them/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_hag\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_hag</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ufxm0g/old_hag_sleep_paralysis_about_7_years_ago\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ufxm0g/old_hag_sleep_paralysis_about_7_years_ago</a></p><p><br></p><p>Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday.</p><p><br></p><p>Sarah and Tobie xx</p><p><br></p><p>\"Spacial Winds,\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)</p><p>Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence</p><p>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>","author_name":"True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories "}