Shercock, Co. Cavan, has a sensation of its own which is likely to make the name of the Northern village notorious through the land. It possesses a haunted house, and the “ghost” who have taken up residence there are the liveliest lot of spirits that ever, in fiction or fact, troubled the ordinary inhabitants of this sphere.
A local paper gives the experiences of a man whose sister’s house is said to be the subject of these unpleasant manifestations. He called on her one day, and when inside the house he was hit on the head with a stone, though there was no sign of an assailant anywhere.
Previous to this he was the witness of many strange happenings. The lamp was several times extinguished, and then, wonderful to relate, everything in the house began to move. The pot walked on its three legs, and porringers, mugs, bottles, and spoons jumped from the wall and the table, and danced about in most uncanny fashion. This, however, was only the beginning of the entertainment.
A firmly fixed dresser leaned forward, and all the ware was spilled and smashed upon the floor. At the same time there was a disturbance ina n adjoining room, and when an examination was made it was found that all the boxes were turned upside down.
When leaving the house that night, a man was saluted with a quantity of mud, which was thrown in his eyes, though his assailant was as invisible as the stone-thrower.
Frightened almost out of her wits by these strange doings, the woman who owned the premises decided to sleep at a neighbouring farmer’s house, and that night some things, which she had left locked in her own house, came down to her through the chimney of the friendly dwelling in which she had found shelter; all this happened about a fortnight ago, and since then the eerie visitors responsible for all the trouble have rested from their labours.
This consideration will be appreciated by the inhabitants of the haunted house, though we daresay that the Psychical Research Society would feel glad if a special seance could be arranged for their benefit.
Northants Evening Telegraph, 8th January 1902.