Ishbel

The fact of the name Ishbel being transferred to the inquirers assembled at Ballechin, may indicate whose was the spirit that should profess to preach to victims.

Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men John William Harris

As she returned the pen she said 'I imagine you have few such unusual names, and do you know that Ishbel is the Gaelic for Elizabeth?'

Three Girls in a Flat Jean Yandell Loughborough 1892

It is only fair to suggest that the phantasmal nun, to whom the name Ishbel had been given, may really have been the phantasm of one of these visitors, and that the dress of at least some of them was identical with or closely resembled hers, while it was totally unlike that worn by the community to which the late Mother Frances Helen belonged.

The Alleged Haunting of B—— House Various 1873

I was starting up when I perceived that the figure was 'Ishbel' -- the black gown, like that worn by the maid, had misled me for the moment.

The Alleged Haunting of B—— House Various 1873

Vintage loops + leftover Camelspin from my Ishbel which is blocking in the bedroom as I type + recycled findings pried off old jewelry = oo, neat.

Archive 2009-09-01 Presents 2009

Vintage loops + leftover Camelspin from my Ishbel which is blocking in the bedroom as I type + recycled findings pried off old jewelry = oo, neat.

Tender Buttons! Presents 2009

'Ishbel's disappeared, Mr Mangold,' Siobhan informed him.

Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

'Ishbel' appears to me to be slight, and of fair height.

The Alleged Haunting of B—— House Various 1873

"Ishbel" was on her knees in the attitude of weeping, "Marget" apparently reasoning with her in a low voice, to which "Ishbel" replied very occasionally.

The Alleged Haunting of B—— House Various 1873

The appearance of a nun was entirely unexpected, as the name "Ishbel" had been associated rather with the portrait of the beautiful woman in an eighteenth-century dress in the library, and it was she whom the witnesses, had they expected anything at all, would have expected to see.

The Alleged Haunting of B—— House Various 1873