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Day 5 in Edinburgh

9-12017 Started our day visiting the National Museum of Scotland and Greyfriars Kirkyard, then meandered over to visit Edinburgh Castle and wander down the Royal Mile shopping and bar hopping!
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The bravest people visiting Bluidy Mackenzie's grave often recite a famous nursery rhyme, said to send the ghost into a rage
The bravest people visiting Bluidy Mackenzie's grave often recite a famous nursery rhyme, said to send the ghost into a rage		 ”Bluidy Mackingie, come oot if ye daur, lift the sneck and draw the bar!”
”Bluidy Mackingie, come oot if ye daur, lift the sneck and draw the bar!”		 This is what happened to us when we said it!
This is what happened to us when we said it!		 But we didn't know it till later when we checked the pictures on the camera!
But we didn't know it till later when we checked the pictures on the camera!
In 1999 a homeless man sought shelter in Mackenzie’s mausoleum and fell through the floor the resulting hole is now grated
In 1999 a homeless man sought shelter in Mackenzie’s mausoleum and fell through the floor the resulting hole is now grated		 Greyfriars Kirkyard
Greyfriars Kirkyard		 On a lighter note- Greyfriars Kirkyard has a Butt Tree!
On a lighter note- Greyfriars Kirkyard has a Butt Tree!		 The Elephant House(1995) made famous by J.K. Rowling who wrote much of her early novels in the back room overlooking the Castle
The Elephant House(1995) made famous by J.K. Rowling who wrote much of her early novels in the back room overlooking the Castle
The Witches Well situated at the entrance to the Castle esplande on the west wall of The Tartan Weaving Mill
The Witches Well situated at the entrance to the Castle esplande on the west wall of The Tartan Weaving Mill		 Cast iron wall fountain commemorates the place where over three hundred women were burned at the stake accused of being witches
Cast iron wall fountain commemorates the place where over three hundred women were burned at the stake accused of being witches		 In the 16th Century more witch burnings were carried out at Castlehill than anywhere else in the country
In the 16th Century more witch burnings were carried out at Castlehill than anywhere else in the country		 The victims often suffrered brutal torture before being put to death at the stake
The victims often suffrered brutal torture before being put to death at the stake
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