White Lady (ghost)
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A White Lady is a common name in Great Britain for a female ghost, sometimes a nun.
According to The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, a White Lady is dressed in white fabled in popular medieval legend to appear by day as well as at night in a house before the death of some member of the family; she was regarded as the ghost of some deceased ancestress.
There are also numerous other legends of different stories and appearances in Britain and in other countries.
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[edit] Castle Huntly
The castle is said to be haunted by a White Lady, a young woman dressed in flowing white robes. There are various stories concerning her history, one of which is that she was a daughter of the Lyon family who occupied the castle in the 17th century. She began an affair with a manservant at the castle and when their relationship was discovered she was banished to a bedroom high up in the tower overlooking the battlements. Unable to endure her suffering, she threw herself (or was she pushed?) to her death from the tower. The ghost of the White Lady has been seen a number of times over the years, often in the grounds surrounding the castle. She has also been seen in the bedroom in which she was imprisoned.
[edit] The White Lady of Branch Brook Park
Local legend [1] about Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey. There are actually two different and conflicting stories that have been recounted. In one version the lady is a ghost of a newlywed who was killed. along with her husband, on her wedding night, when her car, skidding out of control, impacted a tree in the park. In another version the couple are on their way to prom and their limo crashes. There are also allegations that (as with other ghost stories) there has been some blurring or borrowing, and in particular that Annie's Road is a rehosting of this legend.
[edit] Ghostly Sphinx of Metedeconk
The Ghostly Sphinx of Metedeconkb by Stephen Crane [2] recounts a tale of a white lady spirit whose lover was drowned in 1815.
[edit] White Lady of Durand Eastman Park
The White Lady of Durand Eastman Park is a ghost story in the Rochester, New York area, supposedly the spirit of a mother who believes her daughter was kidnapped and raped. [3]
[edit] White Lady of Willow Park
This White Lady is local to a small and heavily wooded park and lake in Newton-le-Willows,Merseyside. Supposedly the tormented spirit of a bride drowned by the husband in the lake on their wedding night, although different versions exist such as her being bricked up in a cave or hanging herself in the kitchen.
[edit] References
- ^ as documented in http://www.weirdnj.com/stories/_ghosts05.asp
- ^ as recorded here http://www.njhm.com/metedeconk.htm, which sources it from Stephen Crane: Uncollected Writings Edited by: Olov W. Fryckstedt Uppsala, 1963
- ^ as recounted here: http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ny6.html
