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Another class of hauntings, which take the form of bellringing, stone-throwing, or the breaking of crockery, has already been referred to, and is almost invariably the work of elemental forces, either set blindly in motion by the clumsy efforts of an ignorant Beil-ringing, person *trying to attract the attention of his St ? n n g'& c row ' surviving friends, er intentionally employed by some childishly mischievous nature-spirit.
The nature-spirits are also responsible for whatever of truth there may be in all the strange fairy stories whicji so common in certain parts of the Faines - country. Sometimes a temporary accession of clairvoyance which is by no m«ans uncommon among the inhabitants of lonely mountainous regions, enables some belated wayfarer Jo watch their joyous gambols; sometimes strange tricks are played upon some terrified victim, and a glamour is cast over him, making him, for example, see houses and people where he knows none really exist. And this is frequently no mere momentary delusion, for a man will sometimes go through quite a long series of imaginary but most striking adventures, and then suddenly find that all his brilliant surroundings have vanished in a moment, leaving him standing in some lonely valley or on some wind-swept plain. On the other hand, it is by no means safe to accept as founded on fact all the popular legends on the subject, for the grossest superstition is often mingled with the