Topic: Scottish Myths
The Witches of Logie
This weekend we have been staying at the lovely Witches Craig campsite, just a stones throw (well maybe a few throws) away from The Wallace Monument at Abbey Craig. Next to the campsite are the remain...
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Graham, Scottish Myths, wallace
- May 14, 2011 11:59 pm
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The Kind Scottish Wulver
Wulvers are ofter called werewolves, but legend shows they are quite different. Said to inhabit the Shetland Islands off the coast of northeast Scotland. The ancient Celts believed that the Wulv...
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Scottish Myths, Wulver
What Did Happen to William Hare?
Applecross in the North West of Scotland has held the reputation of being a sanctuary. Among locals there has long been whispered rumours that William Hare, half of the infamous Burke and Hare duo, l...
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burke and hare, Scottish Myths
The Witch of Applecross
There is a legend in Applecross of a witch who lived beside the river Allt Mor. This river is around 3.5 miles from the church at Applecross. It's name Allt Mor means something like river of the dead...
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Applecross, Scottish Myths
The Annat Skull
There's a superstition in Applecross/Torridon area of Scotland that relates to the Annat skull in which water sipped from the skull of a female suicide is a supposed cure for epilepsy. The poor wom...
Topics:
Applecross, MacDonald, Scottish Myths, superstitions, torridon