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Ghosts of the British Isles

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Introduction:
"With a long and often bloody history, the British Isles are among the most haunted areas in the world. The ghosts that appear here are sometimes more gruesome and disturbing than other places in the world."


1. The name of this ghost is Ewen of the Little Head. Haunting Scotland, this ghost appears in Lochburie and torments the MacLaine clan. What is distinctive about this ghost?
    He is a headless horseman.
    He only haunts the moors of Scotland.
    He plays the bagpipes late at night.
    He is a falconer and even has a spectral falcon on his arm.


2. This is the ghost of one of the early reigning Queens of England. She haunts the battlements of the Salt Tower of the Tower of London.
    Mary I
    Lady Jane Grey
    Elizabeth I
    Anne I


3. On Vicarage Farm in the English village of Waresly, the ghost of this boy has appeared and made residents cry out the last word he ever spoke while alive: 'Mummy!'
    Francis Herbert
    Johnny Minney
    Pippen Vicarage
    Tommy Tuckett


4. This repulsive ghost haunts only Wales and is a forebringer of death. She is said to appear as a hideous old woman with matted hair, a beak nose, penetrating eyes and tusklike teeth. She is known to claw and scrape at windows during the night.
    The Welsh Banshee
    The Crone of Westerbrook
    The Hag of the Dribble
    Witchy Adams


5. In his 'Don Juan' Lord Byron refers to this ghost that haunts Newstead Abbey as "By the marriage-bed of their lords, 'tis said, s/he flits on the bridal eve; And 'tis held as faith, to their bed of death s/he comes-but not to grieve."
    The Bishop of Newstead
    The Black Friar
    George Gordon
    Catherine of Aragon


6. People have reported seeing her at Craignethan, Loch Leven, and Hermitage castles, and it is believed by some that the "pink lady" who haunts Stirling Castle could be her as well. Who is this Ghost?
    Anne of Cleves
    Catherine of Aragon
    Mary, Queen of Scots
    Mary of Guise


7. Corstorphine Castle is haunted by a white lady. Who is this ghost thought to be?
    The lady of Stirling
    Queen Jane
    A chambermaid of Mary Stuart
    Lady Christian Nimmo


8. "Green Jean" is one is one of many emerald-coloured spirits, said to haunt Ashintully Castle. How did she die?
    She was executed for Heresy
    Her uncle murdered her
    She had the Black Death
    She died in childbirth


9. This pub in Wales is not only the oldest in Wales, but it is also the most haunted. Over 180 men were hung to death under the staircase. What is it's name?
    The Nantyffin
    The Skirrid Mountain Inn
    Hunters Moon Inn
    The Tynlliadiart Arms


10. She was cruelly murdered by her husband in the 18th century and her unhappy spirit took to wandering through the village of Marford in Wrexham, terrifying the inhabitants. Who is she?
    Catrin Tudur
    A cousin of Elizabeth I
    Jane Gwynant
    Lady Margaret Blackbourne


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