Thursday 31 October 2013

Halloween In The Neighbourhood










"Ye little skelpie-limmer's face!

I daur you try sic sportin,

As seek the foul thief ony place,

For him to spae your fortune:

Nae doubt but ye may get a sight!

Great cause ye hae to fear it;

For mony a ane has gotten a fright,

An' liv'd an' died deleerit,

On sic a night"


Robert Burns. Halloween




Meanwhile, back in the UK,
the cover of the satirical magazine, Private Eye:


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