The Scotsman Who Played Satan at Cards
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2 жыл бұрынHeard of Tam O' the Binns? In the heart of Scotland, West Lothian is a wealth of stories and places to visit. Scottish history tour guide Bruce Fummey visited House of Binns to tell you the story of this incredible character.
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@christopheraliaga-kelly6254 2 жыл бұрын
The story of a Lord playing cards with "Auld Hornie" is quite widespread in Scotland. Such as 'Earl Beardie' at Glamis.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
I know the walled room of which you speak
@sarimento1 2 жыл бұрын
Lord Bruce, another Bravo! Although I’m one of those “international viewers”, befuddled by all the names and connections, the tale was fully entertaining! Plus your normal nice dose of local scenery, now with spring daffodils! Thanks!!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed
@stevenb427 2 жыл бұрын
Just around the corner from House of Binns you have Blackness Castle. Great wee day out! Highly Recommend. 🤙
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
True
@johnogrady5298 2 жыл бұрын
Very similar story of card playing with Satan occurring at the hellfire club in the foothills of Dublin.
@johnfromscotland1050 2 жыл бұрын
Oh hell yes.....ghosts, demons and bad spirits, yes absolutely, for instance last night, a bad spirt came through my door and left me with a hell of feeling this morning......🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃 brilliant video again, cheers.....🏴🏴🏴🍺🍺🍺
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😂
@phillipallen3259 2 жыл бұрын
A person has to have something to do to relax, I guess if you don't have friends, you play cards with the devil. Can't blame the guy. But cheating? He had to know he'd get caught! Thanks for another wonderful story Bruce!
@capstevepoarch 2 жыл бұрын
Some people juggle geese...
@artemiswallace8716 2 жыл бұрын
this really makes me want you to do some scottish folk tales, myths and legends. i know this is mostly based in history, but your story telling is amazing and i think the more fantastical side of our culture needs being shown to the world. who outside our country knows of redkaps, the great hand or glaistig? even if you dont, i'll still be watching you every chance i get. You're a storyteller for the ages Bruce!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Ah thanks Artemis. Who knows
@paulsmith5752 2 жыл бұрын
Certainly Redcaps and the Glaistig, through knowledge of D+D and the Dresden Files - what about the Boobrie, the Giant Killer Duck of Islay? Or the Cailleach Bheur, the Hag of Winter?
@darkth1rty Жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryToursWould you ever do a video talking about everyday things that Scots invented?
@welshman8954 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not a scot I'm welsh but your way of telling Scottish history is amazingly entertaining well done mate keep up the amazing work
@noahtylerpritchett2682 Жыл бұрын
Some Scots In the southwest are related to you. Cause Henn Ogledd.
@scottmurray5600 2 жыл бұрын
That was brilliant. Who would have thought Partick thistle would have kept you out of trouble in them days. What a team.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😜
@tdolan500 2 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="210">3:30</a> Your stop it! was so perfectly timed with me stretching over to open a cupboard for snacks I actually froze.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😂
@Lucius1958 2 жыл бұрын
*"You know, that little devil up and challenged me to a game of 10-card Tarot, Pentacles wild! Well, I seen him deal the High Priestess off the bottom of the deck, and then..."* - Firesign Theatre 🤣
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😜
@chrisball3778 2 жыл бұрын
I was really confused hearing about Tam Dalyell from West Lothian being a 17th -century warlord when I thought he was a veteran Labour Party politician who died a few years ago. I actually had to look it up on Wikipedia and it turns out they were related and both lived in that house.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@howler6490 2 жыл бұрын
Sadly missed is Tam Dalyell, a good man, a peoples man. It was hilarious hearing english politicians trying to slag him and stumbling over the name.
@julianshepherd2038 2 жыл бұрын
Should have been Lord Sutch's
@stuartjackson8091 2 жыл бұрын
related to the wheatleys, labour aristocracy
@stevenb427 2 жыл бұрын
One of auld relatives I think 🤔
@sapien82 2 жыл бұрын
every time we passed this area in the car on a drive my maw, or my gran when she was alive would tell the story to us as kids , cool to see you do it Bruce. Nice video
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Yay
@bruceduncan4693 2 жыл бұрын
Come to galashiels. 3 brochs in one place in southern Scotland, love your hard work. Keep it up
@SteakBoss1 2 жыл бұрын
From Bathgate, and my mum told me this story growing up always scared me
@rachelduncan5560 2 жыл бұрын
The pictures are stunning & the places you take us to are so beautiful & Iam so proud to be Scottish
@grsfhhytff 2 жыл бұрын
These videos make my Saturday mornings. It's a hard read in places, the Covenanter Stories. It's a cracking book but what people went through right here, where we live was brutal. There's so much Covenanter history scattered all over Scotland that I used to bypass before reading it. There's a large rock near me where they reckon the Covenanters held conventicles with Peden preaching and you can really imagine the scene while you're there. The preacher elevated on the rock, his voice rebounding off the surrounding rock formations as he competes with the nearby waterfall to be heard, whilst the listeners would have one nervous eye on the surrounding hills waiting to scatter at the first sign of trouble. Literally risking their existence to worship their God. Religion has really caused a lot of bother on our wee island over the centuries. Cheers for another great video.
@Drew-ce9ce 2 жыл бұрын
Whereabouts is the place u are referring to ?
@grsfhhytff 2 жыл бұрын
@@Drew-ce9ce Peden's Pulpit, Dalry, North Ayrshire. It's halfway through a nice, circular walk as well
@Drew-ce9ce 2 жыл бұрын
Is that at lynne falls ?
@grsfhhytff 2 жыл бұрын
@@Drew-ce9ce yeah. It's just next to the small bridge that takes you across the water to the opposite side of the walk
@Drew-ce9ce 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Micheal. I know the place u mean and now when I think about it am I right in saying that there is an information board there giving some details ? Peden was everywhere there’s a few places in East Ayrshire where he held his preaching. Failford being one, and also the other side of mauchline as well as on the Boswell estate. Each was on the banks of the River Ayr.
@fearthekilt 2 жыл бұрын
That my friend was an incredible story. I enjoyed the telling immensely! Thanks for the yarn Bruce, well told. Good afternoon from America.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening
@Alanginger 2 жыл бұрын
Go and see that lovely picturesque village called Blackburn in West Lothian it is a must visit place.
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
Come on man...no need to be bitter....just move...
@Alanginger 2 жыл бұрын
@@james6901 what ! No bitterness here. We have the best singer in the world in Subo, 19 million albums worldwide. I went to school in Blackburn Academy ( and Bathgate Academy for a year ) had a pint or two in the Golden Hind - and sadly moved away a few years ago.
@amp2amp800 2 жыл бұрын
Back in the 80's I'd ride by the Binns regularly on my bike on the way from ma hoose in the 'Ferry to the Four Mary's in Linlithgow for a pint. I'd dodge back another way late at night, but it was just as spooky riding along the Forth and Clyde canal in the pitch black. Nesting swans were a clear and present fear to keep your mind from ghosties. Spirits were always involved.
@howler6490 2 жыл бұрын
Bike riding with spirits...and probly heavy beer...gold medal country friend...memories, aaaah!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😉
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
in the 80s....how did you miss the glue buzzers....a species that died out as Thatcher lost prominence
@Lucius1958 2 жыл бұрын
Nesting swans are certainly more to be feared than ghosts: ghosts can't break your bones with their wings.
@matthewtopping2560 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad someone who puts Scottish history as it should be keep the good content up
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matthew
@cyankirkpatrick5194 2 жыл бұрын
I've heard of this place and the card playing, Haste ye back Bruce.
@benjaminbreakell1552 2 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to be invited to have tea and scones with Tam Dalyell MP in the late eighty's. His wife showed me the blocked up tunnel which used to lead to Blackness Castle. Great videos thank you.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow!
@benjaminbreakell1552 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours We moved from England to Bo'ness when I was around 9 years old, loved living in Scotland for the next four years. Wonderful history, absolutely love the Scots.
@superladyloraine 2 жыл бұрын
I love the stories you share!!! So incredible, and so full of so much history! So thankful for the time you and your wife spend making these episodes…. so full of inspiration and amazing bits of amazing history 🙏🏼♥️🕊🌹📿👑👑✨
@Iamtheliquor 2 жыл бұрын
At first I thought this was going to be about William Mackenzie. An Anglo-Scot who was entombed in a pyramid in Rodney Street, Liverpool when he died. Legend has it that he promised his soul to the devil upon burial in exchange for making him better at playing poker. Worth looking into🤘
@RangersMan1872 2 жыл бұрын
I am the liquor Randers bobanders
@Iamtheliquor 2 жыл бұрын
@@RangersMan1872 friiiig off Ricky
@RangersMan1872 2 жыл бұрын
@@Iamtheliquor 😂
@stevenb427 2 жыл бұрын
I just seen you at Cairnpapple today. I wanted to say hello but lost ma bottle! ✌😉
@georgestewart1325 2 жыл бұрын
If that had been an IKEA table it would’ve lasted two weeks in a pond. Brilliant watch learn so much from your channel
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😂
@ianb9028 2 жыл бұрын
The devil probably threw it in frustration at being unable to follow the assembly instructions.
@julianshepherd2038 2 жыл бұрын
Nice joke. Did you put it together yourself ?
@cyankirkpatrick5194 2 жыл бұрын
Okay note to self avoid Ikea furniture. I've seen where that a family lost a child due to flimsy furniture 🥺😥😢
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
So the the sauce stuff on the meatballs aint wood glue?...Who knew
@fester73666 2 жыл бұрын
Another great wee story Bruce👍
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@craigdow1498 2 жыл бұрын
Well done Bruce west lothian in the spot light from bathgate myself, this area is teeming with history
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
More to come in the next few weeks
@frasergordon2447 2 жыл бұрын
Great story Bruce, I do like the notion of them playing Buckaroo!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@nymom8204 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Love your stories.
@ShogunOfficial 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your channel, big man!
@paulgavin2267 2 жыл бұрын
When I saw the title, I thought this would be about Earl Beardie from Glamis Castle, but this is an even better story! 😁
@liliasgordon3565 2 жыл бұрын
I thought so too.
@onlyme972 2 жыл бұрын
And the monster😢
@jamesallardice4645 2 жыл бұрын
as usual the best, well told, no dramatics easy to understand and a pleasure to listen to.
@chiconva 2 жыл бұрын
I heard the story someone said Centries later in the day happen upon them playing cards and the backdrop of the room was a fiery inferno flame when that person to open the door to that room
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😈
@promiscuous5761 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you..
@coniwatson9512 2 жыл бұрын
Great story Bard.
@CameAllAlone 2 жыл бұрын
Keep making great videos :)
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
One will try!
@howler6490 2 жыл бұрын
Hardly "cultural" when throwing partick thistle in to the lesson ! When I was a wean I lived in Sanquhar,right in the centre of covenanter activity. The older lady teachers (forsyth and hogarth) could be counted on for a tale or two about covenanters. One of them even had a copy of " the annals of sanquhar ", a rare old book about the wee toon with links to "mary queen of scots". Mrs hogarths' husband was the postmaster, operating out of the oldest gb post office remaining. I'm enjoying learning about the east coast, a region I have had relatively little to do with when ranging far and near as a climber. Thanks for all your efforts, greatly appreciated...cheers.
@rachelduncan5560 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic listening from you so thank you 🙏
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Did ye no watch the bonny pictures ?
@michaelleblanc7283 2 жыл бұрын
As an old dog who has sniffed many a trail following scents, let me assure you the devil never appears ugly or evil but is often your best friend or favourite vice.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it
@michaelleblanc7283 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Ain't it a fact fellow sinner ? Pleased to believe you have met the devil too and know he's real, ever present and usually interesting. As Mark Twain once replied when asked about the matter, he answered he preferred "heaven for climate and hell for company!"
@davepearce6359 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. 😊👍🏻
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😊
@royaldragoon7059 2 жыл бұрын
Love the work keep it up
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@philipgrier9376 2 жыл бұрын
Great story thanks
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@philipdemaeyer1665 2 жыл бұрын
What does a Scot do when bored? Oh, he playes cards with the devil 👿. At Clamis castle a room was bricked in for one who played with the devil.
@themaven2017 2 жыл бұрын
Glamis, yes, I thought the story would be about this.
@douglasherron7534 2 жыл бұрын
Loved the Ally's Tartan Army references there Bruce! It wisnae just drawing wi' Iran, it was losing to Per-who too!! Tho' Archie Gemmill's goal against Holland was goal of the tournament.... I may be wrong, but I seem to remember there is another house/castle in Scotland with a Devilish tale - but in that case it was a drunken and/or brutal Duke or Earl who encountered/ summoned-up Auld Nick....
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Just one?😂
@AK-ks1kq 2 жыл бұрын
Glamis Castle
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Theirs mare? am flittin...
@paulsmith5752 2 жыл бұрын
@@AK-ks1kq Yep, the Horror of Glamis...
@duncanglen3452 2 жыл бұрын
Partick thistle! Brilliant big man
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😜
@dougiemilnephotography756 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff. Looking forward to the rest of the series. They say General Tam Dalziel's ghost still rides his horse around the grounds of the House of the Binns.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Did I no say that?😎
@dougiemilnephotography756 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours lol yes you did. I should have watched all the way to the end before commenting 😜😜
@peterblood50 2 жыл бұрын
Now that...was an interesting story. I think there's a film in that story somewhere. Great fun to listen to it Bruce. 👍
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it was
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Another story from West Lothian history at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ea6ag5iKrJapmZs.html More places to Visit in West Lothian at www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/visitwestlothian
@davidlewington198 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showcasing my county Bruce, about time west lothian got some notoriety! Love your work pal 👌
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. There's more West Lothian to come
@davidlewington198 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Torphichen must be on the list Bruce, our version of the roslin Chapel, knights templer etc!!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Mibbys aye, mibbys naw 😜
@davidlewington198 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours 😃😃😃😃❤️
@julianshepherd2038 2 жыл бұрын
Top county shield too. Got a dragon on it and I thought the Welsh had bagsied that one.
@clf7729 2 жыл бұрын
Will go and visit this afternoon! Never been and live in Falkirk, so no excuse!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@clf7729 2 жыл бұрын
It's shut! Grounds are open though!
@pamelaadam9207 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the area i tramped on my days off while working Carberry Tower when it was a kirk centre
@hotelsierra86 2 жыл бұрын
Thank God for people like you who keep antagonism and devision alive. Putin and I am proud of you. Keep up the good work. With you all the way, mate. Respect.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@alansmithee8831 2 жыл бұрын
A'reyt Bruce. Spooky goings on! My girlfriend is more the type to have time for ghost stories. She has a habit of giving off electric shocks and when given a long fluorescent light bulb to hold and see it illuminate at Blackpool Tower, she ruined it for the rest of the queue when, rather than glowing like a light sabre, it blew up like a smoke grenade. I imagine the anger at that free kick from Peru back in 78 was enough to have poltergeists whizzing round for years, especially after Archie Gemmill's goal came to nought but a might have been against Netherlands, who almost won that year. At least the ghost of penalties against the Germans (again) is only inflicted on us English.
@craigsinnott296 Жыл бұрын
Interesting if you have a minute check out Loftus Hall in Co. Waterford Ireland ? Again the Devil playing cards and he left an impression. Love your channel heritage and cut of your jib 😁🏴
@ScotlandHistoryTours Жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@gerryphilly53 2 жыл бұрын
What a great telling of the history of a man whose crimes (and apparent prideful nature) would naturally spark tales of socializing with and outwitting Satan himself.
@sunshineinn-office179 2 жыл бұрын
Personal comment of Laura Botten: Well, that answers the question of whether you've heard of the Huguenots. They were supported by the Anglican Church, buy my family history has them intertwined with the Scottish, Methodists and Presbyterians. My Grandma was only about 8 when she remembers her parents very strongly warning that they should NEVER marry a Catholic. When you've been chased across the globe by them, it leaves a wee bit of an imprint. Where do the Methodists fit in Scottish history? In Canadian history they became the United Church of Canada.
@WizzardJC Жыл бұрын
Aye that’s the thing though, when you live somewhere you tend not to go to the tourist type areas, for example I lived near the giants causeway for years and I never bothered with it because it becomes just another part of your day to day life
@cameronmcdonald487 2 жыл бұрын
Alright Bruce hope your markies was nice good to meet you
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah man. Went into Costa next door and another bloke ssid: 'You're the KZfaq guy'
@kylealexander8411 Жыл бұрын
Really surprised this wasn't about glamis castle!
@waynekerrgoodstyle 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Bruce, thought I'd let you know about the error in the West Lothian link.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Shit!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Fixed now I think
@waynekerrgoodstyle 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Cool! :-)
@waynekerrgoodstyle 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Aye, it works fine Bruce ma man! :-)
@alasdairmc3197 2 жыл бұрын
Your the best at storytelling m8
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Ah, you're too kind
@generalsharkey Жыл бұрын
We have a similar storey in Liverpool. There is a disused church off Rodney Street with a pyramidal Grave/crypt. The story says that the person interred lost a hand to the Devil and the deal struck stated that when the individual was dead and buried Satan could have his soul. He cheated the deal by being interred in the crypt above ground the devil couldn't take his due. The story also says that the deceased was interred sat at a table, with an empty chair opposite and with a pack of cards.
@Louis-ue7co 2 жыл бұрын
I saw you yesterday at bannockburn. Really wanted to say hello but you were with a group of people.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they wouldn't have minded. They were nice folk
@liampaterson3424 2 жыл бұрын
Do John Napier and his 'magic cockerel' next!
@tristanlambert2258 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, It seemed like a real tongue twister and got me royalty confused at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="150">2:30</a> into the video. Could you expand on the Huguenots and orange conflicting support for and against Catholics in Scotland. Who was who and what groups supported who. Was it a simple case of the oppressed supporting others who were oppressed despite what side of the fence they happened to be on? With Huguenots/Walloon ancestors and the conflicting information available there to add spice to the mix I also served in the TA in a Scottish Regiment. So I'm trying to decipher all the complications. Your videos are fantastic and sparked a new found interest for my Son.
@teraconley7173 2 жыл бұрын
#TheMoreYouKnow #ForTheLoveOfScotland
@ixurlife8062 2 жыл бұрын
Tam the Bstrd thtas how I remember the stories about him fae my granny kl in the day🤣
@Halbared 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid. I watched it earlier and had summat to say, but I now forget, but I thought I'd type 'good vid' anyway.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Guid lad
@Campbell5339 2 жыл бұрын
Woah never saw a video like this before 😳
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😂 What, never?
@jsmithmultimediatech 2 жыл бұрын
Tam was a Grandson of Sir Edward Bruce, was Sir Edward Bruce (1st Earl of Kinloss) who accompanied James VI to succeed Elizabeth I. Was Janet who was Tam's mother
@jsmithmultimediatech 2 жыл бұрын
Was yeah a General under Tsar Alexis I in Russia was Tam
@zeropointconsciousness 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched this yet but I have had interactions with spirits over the years. What I gleaned from my own experience is this... anything is possible when it comes to spirits and I do mean anything.
@iainwilkinson4113 2 жыл бұрын
You are right!!
@Irish780 2 жыл бұрын
Much more if the love you
@BarryHWhite 2 жыл бұрын
Hya brucie boy, hope ur well m8. So, u came to West Lothian and didny come for a cuppa in Bathgate...tut tut. Only kiddin m8. Happy Easter, and aw that.
@alanellis6716 2 жыл бұрын
When you play cards with the Devil, Make sure you don't have two pair of Aces and Eights. (Dead Mans hand). Ask Wild Bill Hickok.
@matt-inthehighlands7385 2 жыл бұрын
Only if they are black
@michaelpierce3264 2 жыл бұрын
yes I there’s a lot out there!
@stalks1413 Жыл бұрын
My childhood in Clackmannanshire Alloa. When I was 3 to 6 year's old every night I had a man in a dark cloche with his hood up & NO FACE speak to me & tell me things. I had 2 older brothers that were not touched by this spirit. My oldest brother said when you were young you scared me! I said how? You used to sit by yourself playing & talking to know one but you were answering the questions? Lol
@christopheraliaga-kelly6254 Жыл бұрын
I read that after the Battle of Rullion Green, Dalzell was horrified et the treatment of the Covenanters and protested, as he had accepted the commission to defeat "The Pentland Uprising", on the condition the defeated would be treated fairly. When he got nowhere, he angrily resigned and retired to The Binns, that he had had built himself, as his father had been a butter merchant from Phillipston. Much of the lore was due to Scott, who idolised the Covenanters. The overlooked villain of the period was Lord Middleton, who had been humiliated by radical Ministers for his remaining loyal to the Royalist cause. Even to the extent of introducing anti- Covenanter legislation after the Restoration. Charles II had appointed him to administer Scotland with Lauderdale. But Middleton plotted endlessly against Lauderdale that finally Charles had to remove him! But Middleton has been forgotten and Dalyell & Lauderdale have been tarred with his work! In "Wandering Wullie's Tale" Scott puts Dalyell and Lauderdale carousing in Hell with the Devil, but omits Middleton. He also omits David Leslie, who was encouraged to massacre the Royalist garrison of Dunaverty Castle by the Rev. John Nevay. In exasperation, Leslie turned to the smirking minister, snarling, 'Well, Master John, have you gotten your fill of blood?' To which the unfazed Nevay responded, 'Aye! The Lord's Work goes Merrily On!'
@melissahdawn 2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha. Now, I have a good reason why my parents forbade us from playing with playing cards, they mentioned that they were the devil's own play things, but I never took it literally.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
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@TheStobb50 2 жыл бұрын
There’s certainly more to this world that we can see
@mojavedaemonwitch3743 2 жыл бұрын
🌹💙 New Subscriber here! Thanks for your awesome videos. I’m a senior citizen who lives in the USA, and I’m of Scottish heritage. Do you know if Scotland has its own (version) of the ghostly figure “The Lady In White?” If so, would you consider creating a video on this? Thank you kindly. Bright Blessings! 🌞🙏
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
We've got millions of them. There's not a castle without a white, green or some other colour ghostly lady
@mojavedaemonwitch3743 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours 🌹💙TY 🙂 Stay awesome beautiful person, I hope your day is kind to you. Bright Blessings! 🌞🙏
@alsturrock8940 Жыл бұрын
Similar stories about Glamis too. Playing cards on Sunday/wi the deil himself! Research ‘The Beast of Glamis’. Interesting legend/story 💯 Great video Bruce 💯
@ScotlandHistoryTours Жыл бұрын
Aye, behind the bricked up wa
@alsturrock8940 Жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours aye! They are so inbred the legend is true. You can see the same genetic fk upery that’s in the Saxe Coburg Gotha family. Mix the two and you get those poor cousins of the late imposter queen Liz. Glamis is the next estate over from us. My grandad being a Freemason in the same lodge as the Bowes Lyon’s & George VI, the latter marrying the queen mother. Also just along the road at Douglastown is where the confluence of 3 bodies of water meet. It was here that St Fergus carried out baptisms in the times of the Pictish Kings. I live on the road from glamis to Arbroath. Until recently, my family were brought to this estate to be ‘the lairds joiner’. I still remember my grandfather visiting the laird at new year to have a dram wi the laird. Looking back, this was a the time of year all tenants paid fielty to the laird by making this new year visit. Still very feudal
@iainwilkinson4113 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in a haunted house for ten years. I seen everything from Demons to soldiers to children. There was a door opened and someone didn`t know how to close it. So i guess my answer is yes i believe the story. As a foot note i still get visited by ghosts. You see once you recognise them they know to come to you for recognition.
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
Bit early...but hey its a bank holiday weekend
@knicholson6003 2 жыл бұрын
Ah the demon drink, lol
@skyclaw 2 жыл бұрын
Cardinal Richelieu was unusual amongst 17th-century churchmen because there were actually three of him.
@erinmac4750 Жыл бұрын
Do tell. That's the first I've heard. I was really into history and stories from that period when I was younger. So, did I miss something? 😱✌️😎
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
Just brilliant again,,and a Fifer (missing link? just a theory) ps was the daily ragcord ever a newspaper?
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
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@Lou.B Жыл бұрын
The prisoners tied their beards together to make a rope to escape from the Tower of London??? Sounds like something I read from Baron von Munchausen!
@TadeuszCantwell 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like there's lots of things to love, not loathe in West Lothian!!!!
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
True Dat
@james6901 2 жыл бұрын
your right my friend...plenty places not so pretty the miners towns...but the people were great...yet on our doorstep so much beauty...history...
@marksadventures3889 Жыл бұрын
That's a good story. However if you think to who the fictional mythical diablo was - well, he wouldne be falling fae that trick! I need to visit one of your shows. Are you likely to be in Lancashire at any time? If I can actually get a train North I would do so. There are long Scottish links here.
@stevemcgregor8702 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Bruce, what did you use to make the splash in the pond? Just wonderin. 😃
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
😅 a log
@DH.2016 2 жыл бұрын
I'd never heard of the House of the Binns until today (isn't that rubbish?). But it wasn't through this video. I visited the Nat Trust website today looking for a National Trust property in the area to visit tomorrow to use my Nat Trust membership for the first time and I thought, "That looks like one I could turn up at without booking in advance." The next thing I did was watch your video. How's that for a coincidence? p.s. Nat Trust says the House is "closed until further notice" if anyone fancies visiting it in the near future.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
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@johnmurray2995 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe need to do a video on the 1978 World Cup campaign. I mean, you already did Flodden, so you might as well cover the other major national disaster.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
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@chiconva 2 жыл бұрын
It was another card game story about the man or lord playing cards on the Sabbath and they were playing on a Saturday night and the maid servant informed them not to do so because of the Sabbath and the Lord of the manner wasn’t having it and he told her to go off and somehow openly went to hell.
@robertfranklin4479 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Scottish version of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia!” Of course the fiddle player Johnny, has to be Scot or Scots-Irish! Most good fiddle players are! 😃
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Great tune
@geowidman 2 жыл бұрын
Retiring from poker, that same devil took up a stringed instrument known locally as a "fiddle," and emigrated to the U.S. state of Georgia (the local phrase is "went down to"). There that hapless devil had a musical competition with a local known only as "Johnny," the results of which were noted by one Charles E. Daniels, R.I.P. 😉 Nice Video, thanks!
@andrewduke1489 2 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. Now, am I supposed to cut my beard and nose hair or not? Can’t“cut” the ear hair but I can grind it. Please advise.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Were you involved in the head chopping?
@andrewduke1489 2 жыл бұрын
@@ScotlandHistoryTours yes, no, maybe…..I want a lawyer!
@skyclaw 2 жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly, it wasn’t cards _or_ Buckaroo, but Hungry Hungry Hippos.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Nonsense
@jmyd83 2 жыл бұрын
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@MrSinclairn 2 жыл бұрын
Good,informative vid,but there no way to disparage the memory of the late,great Ally MacLeod of 1978 WC fame!😉 PS Another supernatural legend of the same theme is associated with the late Queen Mother's ancestral home of Glamis Castle: this time with Alexander Lyon,2nd Lord Glamis and Alexander Lindsay,'Earl Beardie',4th Earl of Crawford!👌
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
Aye, I've heard the tale many times as I've taken folk round Glamis
@AK-ks1kq 2 жыл бұрын
So whose diel was it?
@robertprice5039 2 жыл бұрын
I experienced at least a dozen unexplained events which could be described as supernatural.
@ScotlandHistoryTours 2 жыл бұрын
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