The stone was once removed for a frolic by two or three young men who
lived in the house. Taking advantage of their parents' absence, they
cast it into the glen behind the hall. That same night, on retiring to
rest, the inhabitants were disturbed by many strange and hideous noises.
Much alarm and inquiry being excited, the offenders confessed, and the
stone was restored to its place with great reverence and solemnity.
Some fragments that were broken off upon its removal were carefully
replaced; after which, according to common report, the noises ceased.
Another story current in _the_ neighbourhood is as follows:--
About the latter end of the year 1732, one Saturday night, a stranger
sleeping alone in the Green Chamber was much terrified by an apparition.
He stated that about ten o'clock, as he was preparing for bed, there
appeared a person before him dressed like a minister, in a white robe
and bands, with a book in his hand. The stranger getting into bed, saw
it stand by his bedside for a short time. It then slowly retired out of
the door, as if going down-stairs, and he saw it no more. This person
invariably persisted in the same story; and the owner of the estate
immediately ordered divine service at the chapel on a Sunday, which had
long been discontinued.
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