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Stories, Ethnic Traditions and Easter Witches  By Daniel Hubbard
| April 3, 2010   I assume that this sounds very odd to most
people. It is the kind of thing that by being odd, seemingly
misplaced (it isn’t Halloween after all) and simply unexpected
can and will trigger our minds to store away a memory. If you
saw it you would remember it. If you were told about it by a
family member, you would remember it. However, it is a memory
that has nothing to which the listener can relate it. Without
any reinforcement and with no connections to anything else
remembered, it will change and fade with missing details
replaced at each retelling. It is exactly the kind of thing that
could lead to a family story that lives on, slowly mutating with
time, even if the tradition itself is not passed down.  There
are so many ethic traditions that might lead to odd family
stories. Each one can teach us something about from where we
came, not just in terms of a place where o