Editing Wemyss Castle (section)

== Ghostlore==
Some believe Wemyss possesses, like a number of Scottish castles, a "Green Lady". Folk beliefs in Scotland and Britain have traditionally associated the colour green with misfortune.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hutchings|first=John|date=1997|title=Folklore and Symbolism of Green|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0015587x.1997.9715937|journal=Folklore|volume=108|issue=1–2|pages=55–63|doi=10.1080/0015587x.1997.9715937|issn=0015-587X}}</ref> Wearing green at a wedding was considered particularly unlucky,<ref>{{cite book |last=Friend |first=Hilderic |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/741995151 |title=Flowers and flower lore |date=1884 |publisher=S. Sonnenschein and Co |oclc=741995151 }}</ref> with a Scottish saying recorded in 1892 explaining that "Married in May, and kirked in green / Baith bride and bridegroom winna lang be seen".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Anonymous|date=1892|title=Green: Its Symbolism|journal=Chamber's Journal}}</ref> In the case of Wemyss, the ghost is that of a young woman wearing a trailing dress of green silk which rustles as she floats along the corridors within the castle. A news report in 2007 suggested that sightings had ceased in recent years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/beware_the_witching_hour_1_148947 |title=Beware the witching hour |work=Fife Today |date=30 October 2007 |access-date=15 March 2012 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061821/http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/beware_the_witching_hour_1_148947 |url-status=dead }}</ref>