Category: Spain

(From ‘Throwing of stones and other substances by spirits’ by William Howitt, citing Professor Perty of Berne and his ‘Mystiche Erscheinungen’.) In the 16th century, according to Torquemada, a great throwing of stones took place

 Ignorance, and its inseparable attendant, Superstition, appear to pursue their march through Spain; and the impediments constantly thrown in the way of the development of light and instruction, have the effect of giving a deeper

A polite Spanish ghost. Talks down the chimney. From our own correspondent. Madrid, Nov. 23. A friendly ghost which speaks down the chimney of an economical cooker is a phenomenon sufficiently rare to cause some

 The Haunted Spanish Mill. Ghosts are in possession of an oil mill at Arcos de la Frontera, near Dierra de Ronda [Serrania de Ronda?], in Andalusia, famed in the old days for “bandoleros,” who, even