There was a married couple in Scotland who inherited an old castle when the husband's gradfather died. Shortly after they moved in, they decided to renovate the old place and hired some builders to work on it.
While the builders were cleaning out the basement, they discovered a large barrel of wine amid the clutter. They tried moving it, but found that the barrel was too heavy for them to lift. One of them had the bright idea that they could make the barrel lighter by drinking some of the wine.
The wine had a very peculiar taste. After drinking as much as they could, the workers tapped the barrel and filled some bottles to take home with them. Then, they carried the barrel upstairs and told the owners about their discovery.
A few days later, the married couple decided to throw a housewarming party and invited all of their friends. All of the guests drank glasses of wine that were filled from the barrel. By the end of the party, the wine was almost finished. A few guests stayed behind to help the couple clean up.
As they were moving the empty barrel of wine, to take it downstairs, they noticed that it was still very heavy. The husband decided to investigate so he went off to fetch a hacksaw from his toolbox. When he cut off the top of the barrel and looked inside, he was horrified.
Curled up at the bottom was the dead body of an old man.
They found out later that it was the corpse of the husband's great uncle. He had died many years ago in Jamacia and his wife had arranged for his body to be shipped back to Scotland. Because of the long journey, the body was preserved in wine to prevent it decomposing.
