Salt and Superstitions

A number of years ago when Gmom was still around there was a huge thunderstorm, and much of the neighborhood lost power. We all huddled together at the dinner table, but one of my younger siblings was scared of the long shadows that were cast by the candles we had. My grandmother calmed them down by making a ring of salt around them, and she said that no monsters or anything that could harm them could pass the line of salt.

From then on, whenever children were afraid of the dark or thought there were monsters under the bed, their parents would make a ring of salt, and they would sleep soundly after that.