The Blood-Drawing Ghost

Don’t be fooled by the name, this famous ghost story holds within it many vampire tropes and conventions. Unlike its neighbors such as the United Kingdom, Ireland does not seem to have a rich body of vampire stories. However, vampires do appear in the mythology as supernatural beings in contact between the living and dead, and they come in the form of ghosts and revenants (a revenant is one that appears to have returned from the dead). Other versions of this story include Mary Culhane and the Dead Man, and The Blackthorn Walking Stick, a fantastic version of which storyteller Mary Hamilton, whose Jack Tale appears next. To learn more about David Holt visit www.davidholt.com