Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Scottish Fairies / Scottish Folktales
by Ian · Published February 14, 2014 · Last modified November 19, 2018
The following extract is taken from Folklore [A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution & Custom] Vol III (1892). ‘Lochan-wan* is a small loch, in a fine grazing district, lying on the upper confines of Aberdeen and Banffshire.
Devil / Folklore / Hauntings / Legends
by Ian · Published September 17, 2008 · Last modified November 4, 2018
The castle that once stood on the site of the barracks, was said to be haunted by its notorious lord, who was trapped in limbo playing cards with the Devil.
Ruthven was first used as a Barracks in 1689. It was taken by force twice; once when the garrison surrendered to Bonnie Dundee, the other time being in 1746 when it was overrun by Jacobite troops.
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