Tag: Edinburgh

Robert Burns and the Da Vinci Code of Paintings

Jan 25, 2026 | Edinburgh, Free Masons, Knights Templar, Robert Burns, Rosslyn Chapel

Mystery! Intrigue! It began when I was researching out some information about Tam O’ Shanter. What...

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Did Robert Burns’ Trip to Rosslyn Inspire lines from his Poem Tam o’ Shanter?

Jan 25, 2026 | Myths and Legends, Robert Burns, Rosslyn Chapel

On the 25th of January, Burns’ Suppers are held all around the world to celebrate the birth of the...

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Edinburgh Castle: A Timeline of Horror, Hauntings and Happenings

Oct 30, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Gododdin, Haunted Castle, Iron Age, Nine Maidens, Robert the Bruce, Scottish Wars of Independence, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches

Edinburgh Castle looms over Scotland’s capital city, its outer walls seeming to merge with the...

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Nine Maidens: the Lost Priestesses of Scotland

Jun 18, 2020 | Anglo-Saxons, Beltane, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dragons, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Imbolc, Myths and Legends, Nine Maidens, Picts

The 18th of June is the Feast Day of the Nine Maidens in Scotland. But who were these women? Did...

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Bring out the Dead! Or Brick them up Alive! Black Death in Edinburgh!

Dec 29, 2017 | Bubonic plague and The Black Death, Deadly Diseases, Edinburgh, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Myths and Legends

Plague! What could be a more chilling, bloodcurdling cry in Scotland during medieval times? Not...

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Spectral Terrors in Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Tavern

Dec 19, 2017 | Covenanters, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted

Edinburgh’s Tolbooth Tavern is said to be haunted. From the outside, No.167 Canongate looks...

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