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Re: 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie'

Rebecca Lindamood — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:14:34 -0000

...And then the wee kelpie becomes the subject of the Scottish Psalter...

"O blessed may that trooper be
Who, riding on his naggie,
Will tak thy wee bairns by the taes
And ding them on the craggie."

I dissolve into tears of laughter every time I think of dinging the wee bairnes by their toes 'gainst the craggie. Not that I'd ever grab my bairns taes and ding 'em on any craggie, but it's still good-n-funny! Hoooo... can't wait another year for Burns Nicht.

Re: 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie'

Gerry Sell — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:26:24 -0000

Paul Bunyan and Babe sightings? The Rhinelander Hodag swimming across Big Blue? Hmmmm.

Re: 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie'

Bob — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:37:21 -0000

I think Horton Bay made Bigfoot the theme of their parade one year.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com...
The Nick Adams Stories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...

Perhaps some Hemingway's ghost stories.

http://www.worldburnsclub.com/...

Re: 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie'

Todd — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:29:44 -0000

Ah, Rebecca. Thanks. Didja know that,

P.T.' twas a man of stoot gairth,
And in Scotia he swum doon the Fairth,
Inhaled by a beastie,
She thought the taste yeastie,
To a wee kelpie then she'd gie bairth

Re: 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie'

Rebecca Lindamood — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:40:01 -0000

Todd- I'll see your "To a Mouse" and raise you a "To a Louse"

"Oh wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion;"

...And I'm not sayin' your notion's foolish. I think there's something in P.T. Barnum-esque tourist ploys!