Haunting Tales - Phantom Wedding
There was a wedding in County Clare one summer's eve around 1898. The celebrations were at their height and all were wishing good luck to the bride and groom. Then one of the guests told the groom that someone wished to see him by the gate. He stepped aside and found an old woman, in her hands a wreath of gold. "This" she said "is for your bonny bride but first let me see it upon yourself" And with that she laid it on his bare head. "Now give me a kiss and go back to the fun" she added. He stooped and kissed her and turned back to the house, but all was dark and silent, He knocked and after a long wait a strange man opened the door. "Where is my bride and guests" exclaimed the dazed youth. He asked in vain. All he could learn of the occupant of the cottage was that he had heard his grandfather say that once there was a wedding in the house at which the groom had suddenly disappeared and never returned! Evening Express 10th September 189...