One of the storyteller's young listeners wan't frightened by the spooky ending because she held an amulet of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "You should get one, too" she advised the storyteller. "I'm not sure I should," he answered. "I'm Jewish." The girl assured him, "That's okay. Get a Jewish one." From
Suddenly They Heard Footsteps by Dan Yashinsky, 2004. See
Strange Talismans for Strange Times.