When she was a child my mother used to spend her summers in the mountain village of Montmin, near Annecy, France. She would stay in the former priest's house ("la cure") with her family (three brothers and her parents).
The house was a large and rather intimidating one, and my mother was convinced that it was haunted. According to her, there were ghosts in the kitchen and in the attic. She actually didn't witness anything in the kitchen, apart from a threatening atmosphere (and the sense of being observed). On the other hand, she witnessed a few minor weirdnesses in the attic.
The door to the attic had a small window, enabling those walking downstairs in the main corridor of the house to get a glimpse of the attic. My mother and her brothers often saw shadows moving behind this small window. It didn't deter her from climbing the attic stairs, opening the door and visiting the place. Of course, nobody would wait for the brave visitor there ...
However worrying these shadows might appear to a small child, my mother got convinced that the attic ghost was "friendly" because he left some small banknotes on the floor for the children !
She and her brothers would go into the attic to play their games, and, from one day to the other, they would find some small money on the floor (that wasn't there the day before). Since their parents would never go into the attic, the children concluded that the ghost was giving them money !
The other ghosts of the house were not so friendly. My mother, was so afraid of the kitchen ghosts that when going to bed, she would hide deep into her covers, and behind her doll. One morning, she woke up to find her doll had been heavily stabbed by a knife. She blamed the ghosts for that. To this day, none of her brothers ever admitted having stabbed the doll, and I doubt her father and mother would do that. She concluded that there were indeed evil ghosts in this house. I still find it hard to believe a ghost would waste his eternity stabbing dolls to scare away little girls. So I suspect one of my uncles of playing a prank on my mother, although none of them ever pleaded guilty (they are over 60 years old now) ...
The house still exists in Montmin. Last time I visited the village it had been bought and renovated. I did not inquire about any recent hauntings there, so my mother is my only witness on this case ...
As a side note, this priest's house was close to the church, and I think to the original burial grounds of the village (the cemetary is now far away outside the town, but in medieval times, it was around the church). That might or might not explain the presence of ghosts in the kitchen (close to ground level) and perhaps in the attic.
I notice it also comes in black.
