#greyfriars

Stumbled upon this haunting cemetery after meandering through Edinburgh streets in the fall.

Greyfriars in Edinburgh

Greyfriars Kirkyard.

November 15th 1873 saw the Statue to Greyfriar's Bobby unveiled.

If there is a more famous statue to a dog in the world it would surprise me.

According to the commonly accepted story, Bobby was a Skye Terrier dog belonging to a Jock Gray, a farmer from the Pentland Hills, who regularly dined at an inn in Grassmarket, not far from Greyfriar's Churchyard.

When Jock Gray, died in 1858, the dog refused to leave his master's grave. He turned up regularly for 14 years at the inn at Grassmarket which had been frequented by his master and was fed there by locals who were taken by the dog's devotion. The story may have been embellished by John Traill, the owner of the restaurant.

Other versions suggest that the dog belonged to a local policeman and that while the dog was frequently found in the churchyard, it was also looked after by residents in the houses in nearby Candlemaker's Row, including Colour Sergeant Donald MacNab Scott, serving in the Royal Engineers Survey Company and Royal Artillery priming the 1 o’clock time gun.

Greyfriar's Bobby died on 14 January 1872.

Within the year, the Greyfriars Bobby Fountain was born.

Crafted by the sculptor William Brodie, the monument first took pride of place on George IV Bridge in 1873 a stick’s throw away from Greyfriars Kirkyard. The fountain flourished until 1975 when water was replaced with concrete, due to health reasons which prompted the city’s drinking fountains being shut off.

An inscription there reads

“A tribute to the affectionate fidelity of Greyfriars Bobby. In 1858 this faithful dog followed the remains of his master to Greyfriars churchyard and lingered near the spot until his death in 1872.”

Today, it takes the crown as Edinburgh’s smallest listed "structure" Just don't rub it's bloody nose, Edinburgh Council spent £400 on a nose job for the celebrated pooch 7 years ago, bringing in a specialist firm to reblacken his snout. But the nose was back down to the metal within days of the job being finished.

The council now admits it has thrown in the towel and there will be no further attempts to restore the statue in the “near future”. And they have appealed to nose-rubbers who can’t control their habit to “do it gently”.

I don't see why they don't put the statue higher, out of reach.

I have said it before, I think the people who do it are idiots it is not a tradition, never was never has been..

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Greyfriars

(Not many vineyards are dog-friendly, but there are a couple! Greyfriars in the UK has the cutest name. Also Vine is pretty stoic, like a friar!)