As a school teacher I find that children from grades one through five love and repeat the rhymes, jokes and stories in this book.

My parents got me this book when I was about 13, and almost 8 years later I still remember stories of the Devil in Mexico, ghosts of Appalachia, and haunted mansions with bloodstains that won't go away. Whenever I get in a discussion with folks about encounters and stuff like that I can't help but tell at least one or two of these stories, and I always get the chills when I remember these stories, which tells me that while there may not be something to all the stories, there must be some nuggets of phenomenal truth in a few of these. Highly reccomended for ages 12 and up, a wonderful book and a great scare or two.

As an Italian-American myself, I was searching to fill the gaps on some of the details regarding some of the traditions and superstitions that my grandparents believed in. Since both of them have passed away, we have been filling in a family tree and are supplementing our research with some of the rituals and customs we have come to enjoy and would like to pass them along to our children.

This book was right on the money! Very enjoyable and easy to follow! My father and aunt and uncle enjoyed the portions I read aloud to them-- it brought back a lot of memories and is allowing us to build a more robust family history story! Excellent reading!

As a young man many years ago I found this book in Paper-Back. It was the funniest book I can ever recall reading.