This is a story which was used years ago around
my hometown to scare small children when they
misbehaved.
Back in the 1950's, before I was ever born, there was this ancient black lady. She was a
soap maker and it was said that she walked the streets of the mill villages kidnapping children
who were unattended by an adult, then murdering them and using the fat in their bodies to make her
soap. After she died, it was said that when a small child misbehaved, soap sally would visit
them in their dreams that night, and if they didn't wake up before she grabbed them in their
dream, they would die before the morning, another victim of many. There were even reports of people
having seen her many times for years, knowing full well that she was dead. Every time a child would
go missing, two or three days later, the soap sally could be seen, carrying her knapsack full of
soap, scoping out the villages for another victim.
In those days, children seldom misbehaved more than once, for they were scared to death that the
soap sally would get them if they didn't behave...This is a classic ghost story from my hometown.
The story, even today, is still used by some to keep children in line when they get out of
hand.... Thank you for reading this classic tale. I hope you enjoyed it, and remember, if you have
small children, this is a surefire way to keep them straight.
Cheryl, Georgia, USA
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