The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-SeersCrowe, Catherine
Religion
The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers
Crowe, Catherine
Ghosts; Parapsychology
A friend of mine, being in London, dreamed that she saw her little boy
playing on the terrace of her house in Northumberland; that he fell and
hurt his arm, and she saw him lying apparently dead. The dream recurred
two or three times on the same night, and she awoke her husband, saying
she “feared something must have happened to Henry.” In due course of
post, a letter arrived from the governess, saying that she was sorry to
have to communicate that, while playing on the terrace that morning,
Master Henry had fallen over a heap of stones, and broken his arm;
adding that he had fainted after the accident, and had lain for some
time insensible. The lady to whom this dream occurred is not aware
having ever manifested this faculty before or since.
Mrs. W—— dreamed that she saw people ascending by a ladder to the
chamber of her step-son John; wakes, and says she is afraid he is dead,
and that there was something odd in her dream about a watch and a
candle. In the morning a messenger is sent to inquire for the gentleman,
and they find people ascending to his chamber-window by a ladder, the
door of the room being locked. They discover him dead on the floor, with
his watch in his hand, and the candle between his feet. The same lady
dreamed that she saw a friend in great agony, and that she heard him say
they were tearing his flesh from his bones. He was some time afterward
seized with inflammation, lay as she had seen him, and made use of those
exact words.
A friend of mine dreamed lately that somebody said her nephew must not
be bled, as it would be dangerous. The young man was quite well, and
there had been no design of bleeding him; but on the following morning
he had a tooth drawn, and an effusion of blood ensued, which lasted some
days, and caused a good deal of uneasiness.
A farmer, in Worcestershire, dreamed that his little boy, of twelve
years old, had fallen from the wagon and was killed. The dream recurred
three times in one night; but, unwilling to yield to superstitious
fears, he allowed the child to accompany the wagoner to Kidderminster
fair. The driver was very fond of the boy, and he felt assured would
take care of him; but, having occasion to go a little out of the road to
leave a parcel, the man bade the child walk on with the wagon, and he
would meet him at a certain spot. On arriving there, the horses were
coming quietly forward, but the boy was not with them; and on retracing
the road, he was found dead, having apparently fallen from the shafts,
and been crushed by the wheels.
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