Scottish Ghost Stories?

**grizzbass** · 15th October 10, 10:01 AM

It's a story that goes from scotland to america and I first read it in an account of the battle ticonderoga. here is an account from the web. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.c...avidperry/ty2/

**Lallans** · 15th October 10, 10:21 AM

Great legend. I've been to Ticonderoga and the fort it is definitely there just like the legend says. And if that doesn't prove the story, I don't know what does!

What about the movie The Ghost Goes West? Again, Scottish all the way to the USA!

**macwilkin** · 15th October 10, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by grizzbass

It's a story that goes from scotland to america and I first read it in an account of the battle ticonderoga. here is an account from the web. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.c...avidperry/ty2/

Second that one -- it is part of my repertoire when I tell Scottish & Ozarks ghost stories to local civic groups, etc.

At least two members here have been to the site of another great ghost story -- Duntrune Castle and the phantom MacDonald piper...

T.

**Lallans** · 15th October 10, 11:45 AM

I've been straining my brain over the celtic mermaid/merman stories, trying to remember if they were considered Scottish or Irish. But no doubt there was little difference back at their time of origin so I'll throw those in. Funny how so many Celtic boggums, spirits, and ghosties are associated with the water.

**Mael Coluim** · 15th October 10, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

. . . At least two members here have been to the site of another great ghost story -- Duntrune Castle and the phantom MacDonald piper...

T.

Aye, Todd. Chief Robin Malcolm says they don't bother the ghost and in turn he doesn't bother them. And our own ThatCelticBand, alias Shawn Dunham has written a song about the Piper Ghost of Duntrune,called "Warning" performed by his band Uncle Hamish and the Hooligans. Interesting enough our own Tartan Hiker's son Connell has joined them as their bagpipper.

**macwilkin** · 15th October 10, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Aye, Todd. Chief Robin Malcolm says they don't bother the ghost and in turn he doesn't bother them. And our own ThatCelticBand, alias Shawn Dunham has written a song about the Piper Ghost of Duntrune,called "Warning" performed by his band Uncle Hamish and the Hooligans. Interesting enough our own Tartan Hiker's son Connell has joined them as their bagpipper.

I have the documentary "Castle Ghosts of Scotland" on DVD that features Duntrune, along with the "Green Lady" of Fyfie Castle -- D. Lillias Drummond. I get the creeps just thinking about that one.

T.

**Mael Coluim** · 15th October 10, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

I have the documentary "Castle Ghosts of Scotland" on DVD that features Duntrune, along with the "Green Lady" of Fyfie Castle -- D. Lillias Drummond. I get the creeps just thinking about that one.

T.

Thanks for the heads up, Todd. Just ordered it from Amazon and will watch it on All Hallows Eve.

**Bugbear** · 15th October 10, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Thanks for the heads up, Todd. Just ordered it from Amazon and will watch it on All Hallows Eve.

Interesting article, Mael Coluim.

Hope you enjoy the documentary.

**macwilkin** · 16th October 10, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Mael Coluim

Thanks for the heads up, Todd. Just ordered it from Amazon and will watch it on All Hallows Eve.

"Land of the Celtic Ghosts" (1980) is also a "must have".

T.

**Redshank** · 16th October 10, 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Second that one -- it is part of my repertoire when I tell Scottish & Ozarks ghost stories to local civic groups, etc.

At least two members here have been to the site of another great ghost story -- Duntrune Castle and the phantom MacDonald piper...

T.

it's only a mile away from where I live, and I know the castle and it's keeper well, I believe the story to be fact.