Lab
Library
Journal
Shop
Sign in
to keep
Share image
1
303
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
240
A
later
story
of
the
same
kind,
also
printed
by
Jon
Arnason
(i.,
311),
is
that
of
the
ghost
at
Garpsdal
as
related
by
the
minister
there,
Sir
Saemund,
and
written
down
by
another
minister
on
7th
June,
1808.
The
narrative
is
as
follows:--
THE
GHOST
AT
GARPSDAL
In
Autumn,
1807,
there
was
a
disturbance
by
night
in
the
outer
room
at
Garpsdal,
the
door
being
smashed.
There
slept
in
this
room
the
minister's
men-servants,
Thorsteinn
Gudmundsson,
Magnus
Jonsson,
and
a
child
named
Thorstein.
Later,
on
16th
November,
a
boat
which
the
minister
had
lying
at
the
sea-side
was
broken
in
broad
daylight,
and
although
the
blows
were
heard
at
the
homestead
yet
no
human
form
was
visible
that
could
have
done
this.
All
the
folks
at
Garpsdal
were
at
home,
and
the
young
fellow
Magnus
Jonsson
was
engaged
either
at
the
sheep-houses
or
about
the
homestead;
the
spirit
often
appeared
to
him
in
the
likeness
of
a
woman.
On
the
18th
of
the
same
month
four
doors
of
the
sheep-houses
were
broken
in
broad
daylight,
while
the
minister
was
marrying
a
couple
in
the
church;
most
of
his
people
were
present
in
the
church,
Magnus
being
among
them.
That
same
day
in
the
evening
this
woman
was
noticed
in
the
sheep-houses;
she
said
that
she
wished
to
get
a
ewe
to
roast,
but
as
soon
as
an
old
woman
who
lived
at
Garpsdal
and
was
both
skilled
and
wise
(Gudrun
Jons-dottir
by
name)
had
handled
the
ewe,
its
struggles
ceased
and
it
recovered
again.
While
Gudrun
was
handling
the
ewe,
Magnus
was
standing
in
the
door
of
the
house;
with
that
one
of
the
rafters
was
broken,
and
the
pieces
were
thrown
in
his
face.
He
said
that
the
woman
went
away
just
then.
The
minister's
horses
were
close
by,
and
at
that
moment
became
so
scared
that
they
ran
straight
over
smooth
ice
as
though
it
had
been
earth,
and
suffered
no
harm.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
