Re ‘Possession’ I am glad I received two comments so far. Quoted below.
================= I Hi Joe, Yes I do believe you on the above subject cause exactly the same what you narrated below our grandmother had told us a couple of years back, especially about Miss Ana Francisca,( she was from Arrosim Banda, this is what our grandmother told us). Infact my grandmother was so scared even to take her name because she possessed even those people taking her name. We were told that she possessed a lot of people especially young girls and newly married people were her target. I can still recollect, whenever we went to Arrossim or Cansaulim, my grandmother made sure we returned back home before six in the evening by all means. Our grandmother also cautioned us never to pick up our handkerchief if it had to fall down. Miss Ana Francisca was very popular, for sure people from Utorda, Majorda,Arossim, Cansaulim & Velsao will still remember her. =========================================== II Yes Mr. Joe, I too heard about such stories and wirtnessed too. Once we went to a friend's wedding at Arossim. We return back home to the brides home( poltonem) we heard and saw too one girl became sick suddenly. She was bride's neighbour who did not come for wedding becqause she was mourning who accompanied back home with bride's old aunty that day. We heard the story that she was passing near the kitchen where all sodas, cold drinks and liqour was kept area. All of a sudden one soda bottle was opened by itself and she was afraid and thereby spirit came unto her body. Soon she started talking in different ways, dressed in different style and lots of changes that night with her. Everybody knew she has been possessed by a spirit. Next morning a strong man brought to frighten her and all started asking questions with her. She was a female spirit from that area too who had died some years before and we asked lots of questions with her she used to answer at once who knew everything of our area. She used to call of us with our names too, but she never told her name at once. Like this went on upto wednesday she told us who she was. Even I asked her why you were not telling us your name earlier. She said that she was afraid because her brother was there whom she don't want to disclose her name. I asked her why are you here she said for penance, where are you now she said outside world roaming around this is a punishment from God because I used to spoil bread, they had a bakery and feed for pigs which she used to raise at home and never give to the poor people. She died due to TB sickness and she never married and since she was a spinster, she came to fulfil her wish to see her friends wedding. That day was her friends wedding and she came to witness the wedding that was her wish. She even asked me 'boro nachlo mure kazarak' On wednesday she said she will go and she gave us time too and a group of us were standby with her to see when she is going and where. She exactly went to her own house and to her place where she used to sit before her death on a rocking chair and fell on her forehead and finished the end. Regards, === The post http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-December/084652.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
