* 6 best ghost story in Wales

The Spectral Crime Fighter

Equally amusing, and unique, is another tale from Mid Wales, this time from Blaenporth, just north of Cardigan.

A man living near the church was woken one night by none other than the village's very own ghost, Mair Wen (White Mary). She was very upset. She told the amazed chap the communion cup had been pinched from the church - and that she had chosen him to go and retrieve it.

The psychic detective knew exactly where the culprit was - in a pub in Cardigan - and she also knew the precious silverware was stuffed inside his waistcoat. Unable to ignore such a plea, the gentleman quickly dressed and rode through the night to Cardigan.

There, snoring his head off in the pub named by Mair Wen, he found the thief. Retrieving the cup proved simple - it fell out of the befuddled lout's waistcoat when he woke up.

So, without waiting to argue, our hero galloped back to Blaenporth as fast as he could and returned the sacred vessel to the grateful ghost.