Folk-Lore —— Old Customs and Tales of My Neighbours

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ISBN: 9781333467449 出版年：2016 页码：393 Fletcher Moss Forgotten Books

It is not nearly so easy to get authentic informa tion as many people Suppose. The great difficulty, as in so many other affairs, is to get at the truth. There are few who say they believe in ghosts, but we must needs beware how we write of haunted houses. A gentleman who gave me permission to write what I liked of his house, which was reputed to be haunted, sent a man-servant down in haste with a note, saying his wife would not allow such a thing to be mentioned on any account.