The queer manifestations at Clwch Dernog were once widely known on the island and attested by several well-known people of their day. And the story goes that the “rough but well-intentioned spirit” used to haunt the farm-house of a night, with accompanying loud noises of the smashing of crockery and overturning of furniture. But – in the morning – both crockery and furniture would be found undisturbed.
Then came a night when a local widower, who fancied one of the servant girls as his second wife, called at the house. And, when the manifestations commenced and the ghost appeared, he asked why it caused so much trouble and alarm. The reply was that it was because of a desire to disclose to the family a valuable treasure, hidden near Ffynnon Wen, “which must be given to the nine-month-old son of the house on his coming of age.”
The treasure was duly found on the instructions of the ghost; and delivered into the care of the boy’s parents. After which, so it was recorded, there was peace at Clwch Dernog.
But it is of interest that strange things have happened during the last few years and relate to eerie creaking noises and blasts of ice-cold air which have disturbed the residents during the night hours – all inexplicable – and attested to by the people who experienced them personally.
Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition), 29th September 1970.