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GHOSTS

IN A NEARBY TOWN IN MALTA, THERE WAS ONCE A CHAPEL WHERE
A PRIEST COMMITTED SUICIDE. EVERY YEAR ON THE ANNIVER-
SARY OF HIS DEATH, PEOPLE CLAIMED THEY HEARD BELLS TOLL
AND THE PRIEST APPEARED TO SAY MASS AND THEN WOULD
DISAPPEAR. HE KEPT APPEARING EVERY YEAR BECAUSE
PEOPLE HAD GIVEN HIM MONEY IN ORDER TO SAY MASSES.
HE WOULD KEEP REAPPEARING YEARLY UNTIL ALL THE MASSES
WERE SAID.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MALTA

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 03-08-1970

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