Manx Belief in Ghosts.
A Douglas paper states that the windows of the house of Mr Quayle of Maughold having been broken, and all means for discovering the parties having proved fruitless, nothing will convince the people but that it is mischievous tricks of the fairies or ghosts! They say that Mr Quayle ploughed lately a small plot of ground which was never ploughed before, and that he turned over some bones in an old grave-yard, which was the sole cause! It is said that three fierce dogs were brought from neighbouring farms, but they shrunk affrighted from the scene.
Nottingham and Newark Mercury, 14th January 1848.