Photo: Castell Deudraeth in Portmeirion, Wales
“My room is haunted,” Daria mentioned over toast and jam.
Margaret rolled her eyes and Daria stopped chewing.
Margaret sighed. Vacation or not, her twin was sure to find drama someplace.
“Honest, M! Something kept whispering ‘Aber Iâ’. What does that even mean?”
“Ice haven, Miss,” their waitress manifested with more tea, Welsh rolling heavy on her tongue, “also, glacial estuary.”
“And?” Daria pressed.
“There used to be a mansion on these grounds, Miss. In the 1700s. Was called ‘Aber Iâ’.”
“See?” Margaret looked pointedly at her sister. “You must’ve heard someone say it and it stuck in your mind.”
“Someone said it in my room!” Daria insisted. “All night!”
The waitress shifted uneasily. “What room are you in, Miss?”
Margaret glared.
“Might be the bwbach, see?” the young woman fiddled with her apron. “She can be restless sometimes but she’s never done no one any harm.”
Trivia:
- bwbach — ghost or phantom in Welsh
- Aber Iâ — Ice Haven or Glacial Estuary in Welsh. Also the name of an old mansion that used to stand on the grounds of what is now Castell Deudraeth, a hotel in Portmeirion Village, Wales.
For What Pegman Saw: Portmeirion Village, Wales
Na'ama Yehuda 
מהיכן המידע ה מיוחד הזה
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המידע על המקום או הרעיון למקום? המידע על המקום מן האינטרנט…עשיתי מחקר קליל…
הרעיון למקום הוא כל שבוע מקום אחר שמציעה זאת שבקישור בסוף הפוסט.
ככה ‘מטיילים’ בכל העולם … 🙂
נעמה
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I like your ghost story!
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Thank you, Penny! 🙂
Seems like perhaps this is just a lost soul … (pun and all)? …
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Oh, a delightful story. One can always hope she continues to do no harm.
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Indeed! Poor lost soul maybe just needs to occasionally tell someone she’s still there … 😉
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Love the interplay between the sisters and the awkward revelation of the waitress. Wonder if Margaret is convinced, or at least considering the possibility, thAt the ghost is real.
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I’m with you on that wondering … 😉
Perhaps the ghost will pay HER a visit the next night …. 😉
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Wonderful!!
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Thank you, Patti! 🙂
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I love a good ghost story! The antagonism between the sisters adds a great dimension to the story.
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🙂 Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Siblings can be … well … complicated … 😉
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This was wonderfully “penned”… I like to think this ghost shall do no harm…
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I think she means no harm at all. Not all ghosts are mean-spirited (pun and all) or angry or violent. Perhaps like the people they’d been, they can also be lonely, gentle, confused, restless, friendly, impish, and/or pining to undo or redo things they couldn’t in life. XOXO
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Exactly!
XOXO
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Not all ghosts are angry. I liked the way the dialogue unravelled the mystery, and your command of Welsh. Well researched.
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Thank you Kelvin! Indeed, not all ghosts are angry. Some are restless. Some are just sad or searching or seeking or a little lonely or pining to tell their story or re-do what they could not in life.
I’m glad you enjoyed the piece. It was fun to research and put together–I like these challenges in part because they prompt me (pun and all) to learn new things.
🙂
Na’ama
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