OK you are going to think I am completely nuts. When I was very young, we lived in a very old house which had been bought by my parents in 1969. I became convinced I could see a young girl in a short dress, with blue ribbons and ringlets and her name was Emily. I even drew her. Clearly at some stage I grew out of this affliction and became slightly more sane.
Decades later, I decided to trace my family tree. It transpired that completely unbeknown to my family, a young lady from this house had married my ggg grandfather in the 1800s. Her name? Emily........