Editor’s Note: the Corpse Candle is a white light that is associated with death.

Joshua Coslet, a man of sense and  knowledge, told me of several Corpse Candles he  had seen, but of one in particular which he saw in  a lane, called Heol bwlch y gwynt,— (Wind gap  lane) — in Landeilo Fawr Parish; where he sud-  denly met a Corpse Candle, of a small light when  near him, but increasing as it went farther from  him. He could easily perceive that there was some  dark shadow passing along with the Candle; but he  was afraid to look earnestly upon it. Not long  after a burying passed that way. He told me that  it is the common opinion, doubtless from some  experience of it, that if a man should wantonly  strike it, he should be struck down by it; but if one  touches it unawares, he shall pass on unhurt. He  also said that some dark shadow of a man carried  the Candle, holding it between his three fore fingers  over against his face. This is what some have seen,  who had the courage to look earnestly. Others  have seen the likeness of a Candle carried in a  skull. There is nothing unreasonable or unlikely  in either of these representations.