The Scones That Shifted.
Novel Test For Specials.
A correspondent writes:- A peculiar instance of the activities of a poltergeist or mischievous spirit has come to my notice from Co. Armagh.
In a farmhouse near Killylea the occupants were startled at seeing a plate of scones of their own accord move off the dresser and deposit themselves in a bucket of water. Then dishes began to fling themselves about the kitchen. The neighbours were called in and the occurrences were attributed to the return of the “wee people” to the vicinity.
A patrol of Specials happened along and whenever a piece of crockery began to demonstrate it was promptly fired at, but as the police authorities have not yet provided for such a contingency by issuing silver ammunition, the well-meant zeal of the Specials was of no avail.
Someone then suggested that the clergy had the power to banish these unseen visitors, and the minister was sent for. As the minister’s theological curriculum did not include the laying of ghosts, all he could do was to offer up a prayer. I have not heard whether his efforts have been successful.
Belfast Telegraph, 16th January 1924.