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Isobel Gowdie: A Witch Trial Extraordinaire in Auldearn, Scotland

Aug 8, 2019 | Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witch-pricker, Witches

Isobel Gowdie was a difficult assignment for us. Spooky Scotland has taken us to many haunted...

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Turning the Wheel of the Year

Sep 18, 2023 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...

Lughnasadh, Lunastal or Lammas: The Celtic Harvest Festival

Aug 1, 2023 | Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas

Lughnasadh is a festival where the first fruits of the harvest are celebrated on the 1st August....

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Grin Iron Wife: Witch, Ghost or Goddess?

Jul 20, 2023 | Cailleach, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Grin Iron Wife, Myths and Legends, Sea witch, Summer Solstice

Grin Iron Wife lies waiting. Sometimes she waits on the skerries, sometimes she lurks on cliffs...

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Calanais: The Sun, The Moon, The Goddess and The Stones

Jun 21, 2023 | Cailleach, Calanais, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Lewis, Maeshowe, Myths and Legends, Neolithic, Prehistory, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Witches

Many people visit the Calanais Stones, on the Isle of Lewis at sunrise on the Summer solstice....

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The Grey Man of Ben Macdhui : Scotland’s Yeti or Ghostly Wraith?

Jun 3, 2023 | Bodach, Cryptozoology, Myths and Legends

The Grey Man of Ben Macdhui or Am Fear Liath Mòr is a sinister presence said to haunt Scotland’s...

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