While I didnât find the sign, I certainly found the area. It was almost impassable by the end of the 50s.â Reader Submission These could be considered the steps of the ladder. It descends quickly for a short time, levels out to allow a diagonal ridge to force any run off to the side of the road and then descends steeply again only to repeat. If you take only the top piece and turn it, then the pieces under it turn alternately to the left and to the right and fall down. From the web an old toy made of six blocks of wood, which are connected by ribbons. The other writerâ¦.who definitely would have known wrote me to say âJacobs Ladder likely refers to one of the oldest childrenâs toys that I know. It was very mysterious, to me, as a childâ¦.â he wrote. I never say anyone else down there, probably most people didnât know it was thereâ¦it was beyond the last house on the road, beyond the paved road, and youâd have to be on foot to find it I think. The only reason I know it was called Jacobâs Ladder was that there was a tiny little sign at the entrance. âI never got to the end of the path, though it seemed that I walked a long way. It went down and down into a ravine with little waterfalls sliding down rock walls and at the bottom, a long stretch of path thru the ravine, so far down it was always in shadow,â wrote one reply. Is it just coincidence that Jacobâs Ladder is written in the Book of Genesis 28:12 and also in Weird NJ issue #12â¦I donât think itâs coincidental! The term âJacobâs Ladderâ has popped up in a few interesting places. Any ladderlike arrangement aloft other than one of rattled shrouds.Ä«ased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. ![]() a hanging ladder having ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps.
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