Now a question to my friends and fans. Do you like to read REAL stories of ghosts, legends and folklore?
The reason I ask is because for the last few months I have been compiling and researching many stories of the strange from around East Anglia along with some of my own odd experiences, and to you, my friends, I would like to offer a taster. Below is a short extract.
And please do tell me what you think:
The fellows garden in Christs College, Cambridge is
reportedly one of the most beautiful of all the university towns colleges. On
the night of a full moon, you may come across one of its spiritual residents.
It is said that the spirit of an elderly man
wanders dejectedly around a pair of mulberry trees that grow there. It is actually
quite a sad tale. It is suspected that the elderly man was a murderer. It is
unfortunate as the murder victim was in fact the only doctor capable
of saving his loved one’s life. The result was that she died of whatever
affliction ailed her.
The old man now wanders the garden at full moon
filled with regret for his actions and sadness for his loss.
After reading the details of this story, it made
wonder about the origins of the old nursery rhyme ‘Here we go round the
mulberry bush’ especially as renowned poet, John Milton, had studied there. One
of the mulberry trees has been marked as ‘Milton’s Mulberry Tree’ as he spent
some time sitting under them writing.
But alas, the origin of the rhyme actually comes
from Wakefield Prison. It was here that prisoners were exercised by running
around a mulberry tree.
