AN IRISH GHOST STORY.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1939, 22 March 1875, Page 4

AN IRISH GHOST STORY.

A aiorj of"this descriptipnrhas; generally something to do with the,banshee, 'or death warner, but a supernatural incident which is-said to have occurred in the wilds of Kerryr^the other day is -sufficiently thrilling, 'although, the apparition con- ; cerned had no hereditary standing. It seems'that a wbman residing in Glenflesk received a call from 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 since his^ death, some months back^ although he ought to be in heaven, he was detained elsewhere; on account of owing a sum of £15 to friends of his, and he begged of his wife to five 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 Free, who may be remembered by the readers of " Charles O'Malley." When the ghost in . complete 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 bea mere pretender, playing a part, who will have to answer for his misconduct before a magistrate. There was a touch of real 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 seen him. If he had presented himself in the jnore questionable guise of a flannel jacket and corduroys, she might have wondered how he procured a change of working clothes. Here is a hint for spiritualists who have some difficultjinyxecpnciling concrete flounces with; ghostly phantoms. The Glenflesk Ghost has not solved the problem, but his rigid ; adherence /to, charnel j properties ough t to be a lesson to" those,. who represent spirits4n shooting coats or walking dresses. ,;/■-:;:;; ;".;;"„■ ■„ "