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(You might want to keep your distance from these ghosts though!)
THE GHOST OF LLANDEGLA
(You might want to keep your distance from these ghosts though!)
THE GHOST OF LLANDEGLA
A
small river runs close to the secluded village of Llandegla, and in
this mountain stream under a huge stone lies a wicked Ghost. This is how
he came to be there:
It
not is not known why Ffrith farm was troubled by a ghost, but when the
servants were busily engaged in cheese making the Spirit would suddenly
throw earth or sand into the milk, and thus spoil the curds. The
dairy was also visited by the ghost, and there he played havoc with the
milk and dishes. He sent the pans, one after the other, around the
room, and dashed them to pieces. The terrible doings of the ghost was a
topic of general conversation in those parts.
The
farmer offered a reward of five pounds to anyone who would lay the
Spirit. One Sunday afternoon, an aged priest visited the farm yard,
and in the presence of a crowd of spectators exorcised the ghost, but
without effect.
The farmer then sent for Griffiths, an Independent minister at Llanarmon, who enticed the ghost to the barn. The ghost then changed its appearance to the form of a lion, but could not touch Griffiths, because he stood in the centre of a circle, over which the lion could not pass. Griffiths tricked the ghost into appearing in a less formidable shape, and it changed into a mastiff, but Griffiths demanded that it change to something smaller.
At last, the ghost appeared as a fly, which was captured by Griffiths and secured in his tobacco box. This box he buried under a large stone in the river, just below the bridge, near the Llandegla Mills, and there the Spirit is forced to remain until a certain tree, which grows by the bridge, reaches the height of the parapet. When this takes place, the Spirit shall have power to regain his liberty. To prevent this tree from growing, the school children, even to this day, nip the upper branches to limit its upward growth.
The farmer then sent for Griffiths, an Independent minister at Llanarmon, who enticed the ghost to the barn. The ghost then changed its appearance to the form of a lion, but could not touch Griffiths, because he stood in the centre of a circle, over which the lion could not pass. Griffiths tricked the ghost into appearing in a less formidable shape, and it changed into a mastiff, but Griffiths demanded that it change to something smaller.
At last, the ghost appeared as a fly, which was captured by Griffiths and secured in his tobacco box. This box he buried under a large stone in the river, just below the bridge, near the Llandegla Mills, and there the Spirit is forced to remain until a certain tree, which grows by the bridge, reaches the height of the parapet. When this takes place, the Spirit shall have power to regain his liberty. To prevent this tree from growing, the school children, even to this day, nip the upper branches to limit its upward growth.
There
is a picturesque glen between Corwen and Cerrig-y-Drudion, down which
rushes a mountain stream, and over this stream is a bridge, called
Pont-y-Glyn. On the left hand side, a few yards from the bridge, on
the Corwen side, is a yawning chasm, through which the river bounds.
Here people who have travelled by night affirm that they have seen
ghosts—the ghosts of those who have been murdered in this secluded
glen. A man who was a servant at Garth Meilio, said that one night, when
he was returning home late from Corwen, he saw before him, seated on a
heap of stones, a female dressed in Welsh costume. He wished her good
night, but she returned him no answer. She, got up and grew to
gigantic proportions as she continued down the road which she filled,
so great were her increased dimensions. Other Spirits are said to have
made their homes in the hills not far from Pont-y-Glyn.and finally...
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