Editing Glamis Castle (section)

===Earl Beardie===
A legend tells of the 15th-century "Earl Beardie," who has been identified with both Alexander Lyon, 2nd Lord Glamis (died 1486),<ref name=haunted/> and with [[Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford]] (died 1453).<ref name="Ash, Russell 2009 184">{{cite book |title=Top Ten of Britain |page=184 |author=Ash, Russell |year=2009 |publisher=Hamlyn Publishing}}</ref> Several versions exist, but they all involve "Earl Beardie" playing cards. However, it was the [[Sabbath in Christianity|sabbath]], and either his hosts refused to play, or a servant advised him to stop. Lord Beardie became so furious that he claimed that he would play until doomsday, or with the [[Devil]] himself, depending on the version. A stranger then appears at the castle and joins Lord Beardie in a game of cards. The stranger is identified with the Devil, who takes Earl Beardie's [[Soul (spirit)|soul]] and, in some versions, condemns the Earl to play cards until doomsday.<ref name=haunted/><ref name="Shand">{{cite web |url=http://www.dundeemessenger.co.uk/myths/ghosts/earl_beardie.htm |title=Earl Beardie - the ghostly Earl of Crawford |work=Dundee Messenger |access-date=2009-08-19 |date=24 September 2007 |author=Shand, William |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924004721/http://www.dundeemessenger.co.uk/myths/ghosts/earl_beardie.htm |archive-date=24 September 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>