Scottish Ghosts (Waverley Scottish Classics)

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Cawdor Castle also seems to have been influenced by “Romeo and Juliet” events, perhaps Bard’s most famous work. In the early 1880s, the daughter of the Earl of Cawdor entered into a relationship with a young man from a rival family. Throughout the 20th century vandals and the elements abetted the castles sad decline and, by the 1970’s, it was little more than a melancholic ruin.

But they were ill equipped for their flight and found themselves at the savage mercy of the elements. Many were overcome by the bitter winter temperatures, or else floundered in the deep snows where they perished miserably on the unrelenting slopes.A female ghost of unknown identity but dressed in the garb of the 18th century has also been seen about the property, whilst ghostly footsteps, slamming doors have also been known to shatter the silence of the night hours.

Tech consultant Roy said that the jail is where he ended up with one gent, who was a sceptic, in floods of tears, after he and his wife were left alone in one cell famously said to be haunted by an angry male spirit. The Macdonald’s of Glencoe were undoubtedly as fearsome and ruthless a tribe as any other in the bloody history of inter-clan rivalry and warfare. But their officially sanctioned massacre at the hands of the Campbell’s caused such a deep sense of outrage, that many of their bitterest enemies viewed it with undisguised revulsion. This wasn’t just murder, this was "murder under trust" and, as such, it broke a moral code to which even the most brutish clan adhered. For it was an inviolable custom of the Highlands that you should provide hospitality to anyone who sought it, be they friend or foe. Since his cargoes consisted largely of tea and alcohol, for some reason a clause was inserted into the lease that forbade the house to sell either alcohol or tea. Of course, we have our own sceptics in the group who always try to explain things rationally and you need that."Whatever haunts the chilly depths of Loch Ness is neither a newcomer nor an idle legend to be derided out of hand. The glaistig / ˈ ɡ l æ ʃ t ɪ ɡ/ is a ghost from Scottish mythology, a type of fuath. It is also known as maighdean uaine (Green Maiden), and may appear as a woman of beauty or monstrous mien, as a half-woman and half-goat similar to a faun or satyr, or in the shape of a goat. [1] The lower goat half of her hybrid form is usually disguised by a long, flowing green robe or dress, and the woman often appears grey with long yellow hair. [2] A sighting of the glaistig is rare, but the loud cries and wails would often be heard. [3] Variants [ edit ] Sir John Dalrymple, Secretary of State for Scotland, seized the opportunity to make an example of the Macdonald’s by "rooting out that damnable sect, the worst in all the Highlands."