#704 Blue Haint
Fun Fact#704 Feeling Blue (Blue Haint) When Traveling through South Carolina –particularly in areas filled with Ghost stories– you may notice an unusually high number of doors and ceilings painted blue. This isn't just a local oddity however, but a tradition dating back to the mixture of two distinct people groups. You see The Eastern Cherokee which lived in South Carolina have used a rather odd blue paint as part of their folk healing for 100s of years. Made from Lye and milk, this Skyblue paste was said to ward off disease, and thought to be a gift from spirits of the sky and water. Later when the GeeChee people of Africa were brought to the area, they brought with them their myths about ghosts and “Haints” being afraid of water and sky. Upon hearing the Cherokee Myths about the color being related to spirits of those realms, the GeeChee began using the Cherokee “healing Paste” as paint in their homes, covering their doors, windowsills, and ceilings. They beli...
