I thought I'd start with a pretty graveyard picture.
Okay. Maybe the mood will be better set with a creepy skeleton carving that can be found on side of Greyfriars Church. I still have no idea why it's there. It's still pretty cool, though.
An inside look at the prison that presbyterian covenaters were sent to by the crown. It is said that their main persecutor, George "Bluidy" Mackenzie, still walks the cemetery and now harasses tourists. I, fortunately, did not encounter his ghost.
But I did encounter his burial site. It is the mausoleum, if I remember correctly.
Most of the graveyard's inhabitants are either entombed in ornate stone or have iron cages (mortsafes) around their plots. This was to protect the corpses from being dug up by resurrection men who came to the cemetery in order to find bodies for medical experimentation. Take that, Dr. Frankenstein!
On a lighter note, behind the graveyard is the private school that inspired J.K. Rowling to create the Harry Potter Series. Another trivia fact: her two daughters attend this school, and the school is in no way associated with witchcraft and wizardry.
And that, unfortunately, is the end of the graveyard pictures. Stay tuned next time for the revelation as to why this blogsite is entitled World Graffiti.
