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Knowing things that you "never knew"

Once when I was about 19 or 20; I had a weird "dream". I didn't see or hear anything in the dream-it was just a feeling; and two words were stuck in my head. The words were "Cold Harbor"; and the feeling was a terrible, heart-wrenching kind of dread/fear that made me want to scream and cry unsatiably. It was a horrible feeling; and when I woke up from the dream, my heart was racing and I was crying. I never forgot that feeling or those words.


Several years later on a vacation in the southern U.S., I was looking at a map of Civil war battles; and suddenly the words "Cold Harbor" jumped off the page at me. I'm sure my eyes just about popped out of my head. I had never heard of Cold Harbor other than in my dream. It was actually a Civil war battle fought in Virginia.
 
Wow, there are some interesting posts in this thread! I don't have a lot to contribute with lol, some small things, but I think it's interesting anyway.


- When I was around 14-15 we knitted some hats, and my teacher wondered how I knew how to knit in that pattern, I didn't have a manual to work with. It was like this wave like pattern with different colors, and my teacher wanted to show it to my mum since she was so impressed lol. For some reason I had to use orange, green and yellow lol. I don't know why I didn't want to use any other color.


- We had an exam, and we were supposed to write a novel. I wanted to write a story that somehow involved a German castle. My teacher wanted to know if I had ever visited a castle like that, as I described it so well. I have never been to a castle like that, of course I could have seen something on telly, but I don't think I would have remembered if I did.


- We were in Italy once, I was 6 years old. Then one time I started to say sentences that sounded Italian. It was just jibberish and not real sentences, but my siblings and dad couldn't stop laughing, they said I sounded just like an Italian lol. No one I know knows Italian, it was just a holiday trip. But kids pick up things like that easily, so not sure it is past life related.


- I seem to have known a lot about concentration camps during ww2 that I don't know how I could know. This comes mostly from dreams and "hunches".
 
indigosoul said:
Once when I was about 19 or 20; I had a weird "dream". I didn't see or hear anything in the dream-it was just a feeling; and two words were stuck in my head. The words were "Cold Harbor"; and the feeling was a terrible, heart-wrenching kind of dread/fear that made me want to scream and cry unsatiably. It was a horrible feeling; and when I woke up from the dream, my heart was racing and I was crying. I never forgot that feeling or those words.
Several years later on a vacation in the southern U.S., I was looking at a map of Civil war battles; and suddenly the words "Cold Harbor" jumped off the page at me. I'm sure my eyes just about popped out of my head. I had never heard of Cold Harbor other than in my dream. It was actually a Civil war battle fought in Virginia.
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I've had dreams like this before. Several times in fact. I remember having a dream about Dresden, Germany several times. The first time I ever did though, I remember it was somewhat like I was looking at a map. At the time, I knew nothing of Dresden, other than the fact it sounded familiar. Anyway, the dream had the river running right through the center of the city, had the West and Ost labels on it and everything. In my dream, my focus had centered on a label that started with "S" and had Ost in it. I was filled with this sense of "home". Another time, I remember having a dream about 1944 Dresden. We were being pushed back by the Russians. When we were coming through Dresden, I was riding on a tank, and I remember being VERY upset. It was absolutely destroyed. I was horrified and furious with what the Allies had done to the city. Honestly, if we didn't get caught in the middle of a bombing run, I would have broken down in tears, and probably would have woken that way.
 
I seem to recall knowing what "Lawrence of Arabia" was about, before ever actually reading about it. I've never seen it. In fact, speaking of that movie, the other day I was playing around on Realtor.com and looking at million dollar mansions. There was a house that had a private movie theater, and it had a picture of a movie playing. And right away I knew it was "Lawrence of Arabia".
 
Watching The History Channel they said that a major reason for the Civil War was that when slaves were in the north they were allowed to speak freely and southerners were afraid they would get together and decide to become free. The southerners felt they could not run their huge plantations without the slave labor.


Another educational channel pointed out that the southern drawl and Y'All can only be traced back to around the time of the Civil War because they wanted to set themselves apart from the rest of the country.


My daughter's boyfriend will argue to the death that the south did not lose the war, they simply quit fighting and went home. He is from Charleston, South Carolina.


Do not think I am against southerners, for I am not. It just seems sad to me that correct history is not being taught.


Where I live if you have a Confederate flag on your vehicle there is a pretty good chance you are a member of the KKK ... and that to me is awful.
 
A curious bit of knowing things that do not pertain to what I have experienced in this lifetime have come from the revolutionary period. My woolen uniform jacket was hot and my shirt underneath was sodden with sweat...but I wouldn't dare take off my jacket. I had some fear of being considered a spy by the british if captured. I am not sure if that was a regular practice or not, but it carried with it an emotional punch.
 
usetawuz said:
My woolen uniform jacket was hot and my shirt underneath was sodden with sweat...but I wouldn't dare take off my jacket.
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The real issue with keeping your woolen coat, or regimental, on your back was that one didn't want to lose it during battle on a hot summer day, then not have it at night after the sun went down. However, after the battle of Long Island, when our American troops and militia did a high-legged dash up the path known as Broadway, many of them did leave their valuable coats behind, and suffered greatly for it -- though not so much for fear of being considered spies, but rather because of hypothermia. Besides, the British knew they were dealing with non-uniformed militia as well as Continental regulars, all of whom if captured ended up spending nearly the remainder of their lives in ship hulks (barges) in the New York harbor.


There is a short book entitled, "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James And Chris Collier, which is a true story of the Meeker family, and gives an accurate account of what I described above. You may find it as startling as I did.
 
usetawuz said:
I had some fear of being considered a spy by the british if captured. I am not sure if that was a regular practice or not, but it carried with it an emotional punch.
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Years ago I did some indepth research on the role of women in the Revolutionary War. I no longer have access to the sources, but from what I recall, anyone and everyone was suspected of spying, especially if they were out-of-doors at unusual times.
 
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