Isobel Gowdie: A Witch Trial Extraordinaire in Auldearn, Scotland
Isobel Gowdie was a difficult assignment for us. Spooky Scotland has taken us to many haunted...
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...
Jun 8, 2024 | Ghost and Spirits, Lochindorb Castle, Mary Leslie, Moray, Rothes Catle, The Wolf of Badenoch, Women's in Scottish History and Legend
The Tale of Mary Leslie is forcibly brought to my mind every spring. I had a little white dog...
Dec 21, 2023 | Bride, Cailleach, Chambered cairn, Christmas and Yule, Druids, Fire Festivals, Hogmanay, Maeshowe, Neolithic, Orkney, Shetland, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice
The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...
Read MoreHalloween began in the dawn of history as a Celtic harvest festival called Samhain (pronounced...
Read MoreSep 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,...
Read MoreAug 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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