The 19thC Cornish Reverend Jago of Wendron must be called in to exorcise a ghost of a suicide unwisely conjured by a drunken farmer returnig from Helston

Among the most famous ghost–laying parsons of the west was the Reverend Jago, of Wendron, of whose spells it was said that' no spirit walking the earth could resist them'. By his prayers or powers many a night–wanderer was put back into its grave and so confined that the poor ghost could never get free again. Throughout a long life Parson Jago rode far and wide over the wild moorlands of his parish, never taking a groom with him; since the moment he alighted from his steed, he had only to strike the earth with his whip and a demon servant was there ready to hold his horse. About a quarter of a mile from Wendron at a certain cross–roads a suicide named Tucker had been buried in accordance with the custom at that time. Passing this dreaded spot one night a drunken farmer, returning from Helston market, cracked his whip and shouted lustily: ' Arise, Tucker! ' Upon this, it is said, the ghost arose and firmly fixed itself on the saddle behind the farmer. Nothing daunted, the foolhardy drunkard repeated the experiment on several other occasions. At length the spirit became so ' familiar ' that it refused ever to leave the farmer, and eventually the latter was obliged to call in Parson Jago to remove it.

Rev Jago worked near the area of where my great–grandfather lived, and he may have heard of him.

Rev Jago used his whip somewhat like a magical staff, summoning a demon to hold his horse. The use of the word spells emphasizes to me the magical nature of the Cornish exorcists, as opposed to the more mundane spiritual nature of Parish parsons and reverends, although exorcism has always appeared more akin to magic than to religion to me.