In Scotland, Where Spirits Are Making Music
Featuring Mylady Greensleeves, the Drummer Boy of Cortachy and the Phantom Piper of Culzean Castle.
Mylady Greensleeves
Huntingtower Castle, near Perth, was owned by the Earls of Gowrie. In 1582, the Earl got involved in a plot to kidnap King James VI and was executed. The castle was forfeit to the Crown, together with the ghost of the Green Lady Dorothea Ruthven. She was also known as Mylady Greensleeves, because of the well known and centuries old love song Greensleeves:
"Greensleeves was all my joy.
Greensleeves was my delight.
Greensleesves was my heart of gold
And who but my lady Greensleeves."
The song ends with this line: "Come once again and love me..."
If you are ill, the ghost of Mylady Greensleeves will cure you. And if love hurts real bad, she will comfort you.
The Drummer Boy of Cortachy
The Count of Ogilvy stuffed a drummer boy into his own drum and threw him from the highest turret of Cortachy Castle, because the boy could be having an affair with his wife, the Countess of Airlie. Just before he died, the drummer boy placed a curse on the Ogilvy Clan: from that moment of, the mysterious and haunting sounds of a drum would be heard,
Christmas, 1844... Miss Dalrymple is a guest at Cortachy Castle. While dressing for dinner, she hears the drumming. Six months later, Lady Airlie commits suicide.
Five years later, an Englisman hears the drumming as well. Lord Ogilvy isn't at home, because he had to attend the 9th Eearl of Airlie, who had become very ill... The Earl passes away the next day...
The Statue of Peter Pan in Kirriemuir, near Cortachy Castle. Is Peter still making music together with the Drummer Boy of Cortachy Castle?
Listen here to A Demo for Demons.
The Phantom Piper of Culzean Castle
On stormy nights a ghostly bagpipe can be heard near Culzean Castle. The Phantom Piper likes to blend his haunting music with the wind and the waves that are shattered on the cliffs. Some say it is the spirit of a piper who vanished while he was exploring the caves below the castle...
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I'm always facinated by the Ghosts of the nearby castles. I live near Culzean Castle... We used to go school trips there. Maybe it's a bit too close for comfort. There's also a piper in the tunnels below Edinburgh castle. Eerie when they start up in the middle of the night... Awesome article!