An Irish Ghost Story.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1625, 1 May 1875, Page 5 (Supplement)

An Irish Ghost Story.

A. stoet of this description has generally something to do with the banshee, or death warner, but a supernatural > incident which is said to have occurred i_

in the wilds of Kerry the other day is = sufficiently thrilling, although the appa- ;^ rition concerned had no hereditary ... standing. It seems that a woman residing in Grlenflesk received a call from i the spirit of her husband, a 'man of the farming class, dressed in a shroud , and white stockings and gloves.' The farmer in white gloves stated that. j since his death, some months back, although he ought to be in heaven, he 2 was detained elsewhere on account of . owing a sum of £15 to friends of his, >, and he begged of his wife to give him the money. The woman in full faith •' handed him £10, and promised to bring him the rest in a few days if he ' came for it. Meanwhile she went and told the priest 'the circumstances of the case, and this gentleman acted very differently from the clerical monitor of Mickey Eree, who. may be remembered by the readers of' Charles O'Malley.' When the ghost in com- • plete burial costume arrived for the bank-note he was at once received by a couple of police, and proved, as ghosts > do in our day, to be a mere pretender,' playing a part. He will have *tO r; answer for his misconduct before a, magistrate. There was a touch of real L dramatic cunning in the fashion in ■■", which this rogue tried to impose on the simple widow. The shroud, the stockings, and the gloves, were at once recognised by the poor woman as the most fitting garments for her husband, ? as"they were the last in which she had' A seen him. ■. • ,■• \ r «» f „ fia