Black Castle stands on South Queensferry’s High Street. The sea-captain who had the house built in 1626, was lost at sea. His maid was accused of paying a beggar woman to cast a spell to get rid of him; both women were burned at the stake for their supposed witchcraft.
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A colourful note: the term Black comes from Old English blæc, of Germanic origin, and meaning dark. Needless to say, this basic shade was an original crayon for Crayola when they brought out their first box in 1903.
An uncolourful note: black is completely lacking in light and is the obvious opposite to white.
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pyright Debbie Smyth, 10 January 2016
Interesting building!
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Gorgeous photos!
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Terrible (the story, not the photo obviously). I don’t know this building but will look for it next time we are over that way.
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It’s a nice little place isn’t it? Such great bridge views!
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Now that was an interesting fasad. Really great with the blue corner.
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I think it must take a lot of care to keep it looking so smart given the Scottish weather
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Valid point 🙂
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Whew! What a tragedy for those two women. Nice picture. 😀 The story is indeed interesting.
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A charismatic building — and quite a story. Poor women, if the legend is true.
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I remember this building, but didn’t know the history.
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It looks smart doesn’t it. I had no idea about it at the time either!
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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You always come up with interesting images for the different colours
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Thanks Raewyn I have no idea what I might come up with for future ones mind you!
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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