Pearlin Jean is the name given to a ghost, who purportedly haunts the Allanbank Courtyard, situated in Allanton, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Legend states that she was the lover of the Laird of Sir Robert Stewart, he was made a Baronet in 1684), and a Nun of Charity (as she was not confined to a cloister).
[3] After this incident, seven local ministers from the Church of the Reformed Faith were asked to congregate in the house to exorcise the ghost to no avail.
[8] The household decided to hang the woman's portrait between the laird and his wife's, though when removed in a fit of jealousy by Lady Stewart, the house would become 'disquiet' again.
[1] The legend was immortalised in song in the 1800s, the known lyrics of which are:[3] O Pearlin' Jean, O Pearlin' Jean, She haunts the house, she haunts the green And glowers on us a' wi' her wullcat e'en And[11] For all the silver in English bank, Nor yet for all the gold, Would I pass through the hall of Allanbank When the midnight bell has toll'd After the main house was demolished in the 1800s, with a bowling green being placed over the foundations, the ghost has faded into history, with no contemporary sightings.