The Green Lady of Crathes & The Headless Drummer (Scottish Tales)
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The Green Lady of Greatness Castle without the walls of the 16th Century Castle Stokes. The green lady of a lone spec is said to be a bringer of doom for the Burnett family. But who is she? The green lady always appears in the same room pacing back and forth from the fireplace, sometimes cradling an infant in her arms. Some say she is an apparition of a servant girl who fell pregnant out of wedlock and fled the castle never to be seen again. But a grisly discovery allegedly there while the castle was being renovated in the 1800s tells of a far more sinister story. It is said that beneath the stone of the fireplace workman uncovered the skeletal remains of a woman and child. She may not have been sighted in many years. But one thing is certain, an unspeakable sense of thread is felt by all who dare to step foot in the room of the green lady, the headless drummer of Edinburgh Castle, sometimes in the dead of night or at dawn or dusk, the distant sound of drumming can be heard reverberating around the fortress of Edinburgh Castle. Take care what it means an ancient ring or doom is approaching. No one knows exactly who, what the source of this ghostly sound is. But legend tells us it belongs to one of Edinburgh castle, infamous phantoms, the headless drummer boy, his identity and story behind his decapitation remain a mystery, but it just said he made his first appearance in 1650. This was the fateful year of Cromwell launched his invasion of Scotland which cumulated in the capture of the castle following a three month siege. Ever since then, the drummer has been seen as bad woman whose apparition fortes imminent disaster for the castle. Even now during the quiet times of the day, the unmistakable sound of drums is heard seemingly emanating from all directions without a mortal drummer to be seen or found.