The ghost of a former publican, who was also the local butcher, is said to return to this 18th century inn on occasions, to tidy up that which does not really need tidying up. The publican, nicknamed "Old Pork and Lard" by the locals, married a very young girl when he was in his 70's, but died whilst she was pregnant. His visits are thought to be an attempt to help his wife in her domestic chores during the last few months of her pregnancy, which of course ended many years ago. The experience of clothing disappearing and reappearing again in a different part of the building is quite common at the pub. Footsteps have been heard going upstairs and crossing a first floor room. Bottles have been heard clinking in the empty bar and on one occasion a radio turned itself on without human aid. On one occasion the then landlord's wife was discussing ghosts with a small group of Irish labourers at the bar. When she told them that she did not believe in ghosts, an electric clock jumped off the wall and suspended itself in mid-air, only connected to the wall by it's wire.
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