A legend of love when the world was young centered around "Weeping Rock" in Ferncliff Cemetery.
Indian legend weaves the sweet story around the undying love of two heavenly guardians placed on earth by the great Manitou to watch over the red deer, elk and the smaller winged creatures.
The tale goes that Manitou made the four legged creatures and birds out of clay and into these bodies he breathed the breath of life, and he placed the creatures on the earth he had created to amuse him. From the other world he called spirits whom he clothed in bodies not unlike his own and these spirits went in pairs to take command over the creatures.The legend narrates that each of the embodied spirits had four souls. When released, one would return to the land of souls, one would remain forever in the body and one would go to the north and the last to the south. Such were Jess-A-bo, who ruled the red deer and elk, and his wife, Le-Le-No, who had charge of the winged creatures, and they were very much in love.
Jess-A-Bo and Le-Le-No were very happy in the paradise they had found when the jealous and bad spirit, Ge-an-da came and was filled with hate at their contentment. She besought the tortoise, who still held the world on his back, to shake the earth at sundown, and he did, and Jess-a-bo was knocked senseless. When his sense returned he sought Le-le-no, compelled to remain where her body lay, and above and around circled the wood dove, calling in plaintive notes to his mate.
Jess-a-bo fled from Gen-an-da's welcome, and went to the island of the souls, where he was united again with Le-le-no beause they had been true to each other in life.
The great Manitou was dis-pleased with Ge-an-da, and he destroyed her body with the four souls.
But still the columbine shakes its red bells over the cliff - "The Weeping Cliff" - so the legend goes, and the ferns clamber over it, and the fourth soul of Le-le-no still weeps, for the stone is always covered with her "tears".
The above details regarding this cemetery were found in the reference section of the Warder Public Library, Springfield, Ohio
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