I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
- Date of account
- Late nineteenth-century compilation
- Source
- The Ghost World
- Reference
- The Ghost World · selected passage 223
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
e made to remove it, all kinds of unearthly noises are raised in the house, and last until it is restored.[272] Denton Hall has for many years past attracted interest from being inhabited by a spirit known by the names of 'Old Barbery' and 'Silky,' and Waddow Hall, Yorkshire, is haunted by a phantom called 'Peg O'Nell.…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlye made to remove it, all kinds of unearthly noises are raised in the house, and last until it is restored.[272] Denton Hall has for many years past attracted interest from being inhabited by a spirit known by the names of 'Old Barbery' and 'Silky,' and Waddow Hall, Yorkshire, is haunted by a phantom called 'Peg O'Nell.' Bridge End House, Burnley, was said to have its ghost; Crook Hall, near Durham, has its 'White Ladie;' South Biddick Hall, its shadowy tenant, 'Madam Lambton;' and Netherby Hall, a 'Rustling Lady' who walks along a retired passage in that mansion, her dress rustling as she moves along.[273] There was the famous Willington Mill, alluded to in the previous chapter, which some years ago became notorious in the North of England, having been haunted, it is said, by a priest and a grey lady who amused themselves at their victims' expense by all kinds of strange acts.[274] A correspondent of 'Notes and Queries' (4th S. x. 490) referring to the Willington ghost says: 'The steam flour mill, with the house, was in the occupation then of Messrs. Proctor and Unthank; the house was separated from the mill by a space of a few feet, so that no tricks could be played from the mill. The partners alternately lived in the house.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis material belongs to a folklore tradition. Story type, collector, community, transmission and literary editing matter when comparing it with other sources.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice compares motifs and reported features without assuming that a traditional being is a biological species or that similar stories document one external cause.
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