Sentences with phrase «of haint»
On this Andrew Howard - designed porch at The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell in Round Top, TX, a perfect shade of haint blue (Yarmouth Blue by Benjamin Moore) sets a «Good Times Only» vibe.
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The novel is told in a kaleidoscope of seamlessly woven voices and centers around an incendiary romance that consumes everyone in its path: Myra Lamb, a wild young girl with mysterious, haint blue eyes who grows up on remote Bloodroot Mountain; her grandmother Byrdie Lamb, who protects Myra fiercely and passes down «the touch» that bewitches people and animals alike; the neighbor boy who longs for Myra yet is destined never to have her; the twin children Myra is forced to abandon but who never forget their mother's deep love; and John Odom, the man who tries to tame Myra and meets with shocking, violent disaster.
Along with the superstition about haints, these touches are gentle reminders of the family's Southern origins.
One of the best chapters has Cha - Cha contacting each one to get their take on the haint; this is the first and only time we meet some of the siblings.
Some of the ceilings of the piazzas are painted in a colour called haint blue, a tradition originating with the local Gullah people, descendents of slaves who believed the colour would prevent ghosts from entering the house.