A filey ghost
A native of Filey as a general rule has a great dread of the churchyard after dark; the place teems with tales of people who have 'come back again,' as it is described. For the following, I can vouch, one of the principals in the story being for many years a church-warden. A shipwreck took place on the welsh coast, and a father and son seemed doomed to a watery grave. The son escaped as by a miracle, but on returning home he found he was not a very welcome guest, as the mother had heard from one of the rescued sailors that the son had not done all he might to save his father. The estrangement continued for some years, and was a matter of public knowledge, when one day a reconciliation took place. The deceased husband had 'come again' and exonerated his son from all negligence with regard to his death, and the widow immediately accepted his evidence as conclusive.
This story appeared in County Folklore vol 11, North Riding of York and Ainsty 1899
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