The Ghost Girl at Samlesbury

The Ghost Girl at Samlesbury

They say she’s seen near the chapel wall

not often, and never when called

just a flicker where light won’t stay

a girl in white who lost her way

It happened long before we were born

she loved a lad her kin had sworn

they’d never let the two be wed

so someone saw to it he bled

They say she ran, too soft to fight

they locked her up, she lost the light

died alone or lost her mind

depends on which tale you can find

Some reckon she still waits out there

where floorboards creak and no one’s near

and now and then when the hall goes still

there’s breath on glass and sudden chill

Not much else, just stories passed

from cleaner’s mate or one who asked

and if you go and feel a sway

don’t look too hard—she fades away