It is, I understand, still believed in the neighbourhood that, every year on the longest night, all the ghosts (including, I suppose, spiritual beings of all kinds, and perhaps witches) of Shropshire "and the counties beyond," assemble round the highest of the Stiperstones to choose their king.From 'Collectanea Archaeologica' – Beriah Botfield's 1860 address called 'Shropshire, its History and Antiquities'.
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