Diss.
_"Button Cap."_--In the north of Ireland there is a belief that just before
a war breaks out, the spirit of an ancient warder of Carrickfergus Castle
is heard examining the arms stored there, and, if they are not entirely to
his satisfaction, he shows his displeasure by making an awful clatter among
them. Has old "Button Cap" (for that is his name) been inspecting the arms
lately? What is the legend connected with him? If I mistake not, he is said
to be the spirit of a warder who was drowned in the castle well in the
reign of Elizabeth.