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Originally Posted by cornerstone
I really like the blue ceiling on the porch... I showed my wife and she wants our front porch ceiling the same color now.
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Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck
The blue ceiling is a lousianna/southern coastal city thing. You see them all over Charleston/Savannah, etc. It was to keep the "boo hag" (spirits) away. I don't believe in any of that folklore, but it is a really cool look.
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That's not at all what I've heard the reason is. My wife and I did a walking tour through New Orleans several years back and our guide said the blue porch ceilings keep nesting insects out of that area. They won't build nests there since it looks like sky and they would not be protected from predators from above. The spirit thing sounds like a story based on Voodoo. Although there's a lot of that in New Orleans too...