The Tommy Knockers in the Tunnels

We also find superstitions regarding whistling at sea. But we also find them in another interesting place below the surface of the earth, in mines. This is from a 19 forty two edition of california folklore quarterly,. written by waland hand and a yets. The denizens of the deep, dark chambers of the earth are conceived in different forms as disembodied spirits of dead min s. They are usually thought of as benign, occasionally even assisting in the location of ore bodies.