tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155234744851018796.post587701871268625668..comments2023-10-07T03:52:31.772-05:00Comments on <b>Historical Melungeons</b>: Are These Customs Jewish or Appalachian?Historical Melungeonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731609082692626343noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155234744851018796.post-84048805535212163782014-05-15T00:28:44.409-05:002014-05-15T00:28:44.409-05:00A plate of salt and earth, placed upon the chest i...A plate of salt and earth, placed upon the chest is a very well documented Scottish burial rite that is performed even to this day in Scotland. Considering the Scottish origins of many people in Appalachia, this is without question a connectionStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606765223288334387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155234744851018796.post-10776122208162319972012-02-16T20:19:41.486-06:002012-02-16T20:19:41.486-06:00You are overlooking the fact that these customs we...You are overlooking the fact that these customs were practiced extensively in Victorian England. Why would Jewish custom have taken over so completely there? Actually they originated in the British Kingdom and not from Jews. The Jewish people may have picked up some common practices. Read Albion's Way. Everything mentioned is found in Britian first then the Colonies and later United States. The practices have their roots in Anglo-Saxon and other Pagan superstitions and beliefs.Historical Melungeonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731609082692626343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7155234744851018796.post-19006150176347073932012-02-16T19:03:48.965-06:002012-02-16T19:03:48.965-06:00These customs are often associated with Jews. I c...These customs are often associated with Jews. I can say with complete certainty that a fair amount of Eastern Kentucky was settled by Sephardi Jews. The Bowen, Rose, and Davis families started arriving in the 1600s from Wales/England and the Netherlands The degree in which they held on to their customs varies from family member to family member. But many Roses continue their Jewish customs to this very day.<br /><br />To a small group of us there is no mystery whatsoever about the customs you find in the Appalachian Mountains. <br /><br />We were a country settled, from day one, by people England had labeled vagrants and gypsies.<br /><br />If more people would look into the types of families that were BANISHED here, all "mysteries" would be solved.<br /><br />Look at the Sephardi, the Moors, and the "gypsies."<br /><br />TmolusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com