tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post758646656910272700..comments2023-08-25T02:57:10.826-06:00Comments on My So-Called Life: Poetry Wednesday: Things that go bump in the nightBekkieannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-85696451925005150432009-10-21T17:51:17.251-06:002009-10-21T17:51:17.251-06:00What a marvelous article, Nicholas, thanks for the...What a marvelous article, Nicholas, thanks for the link. I hope everyone will take the time to read the brief but very interesting background for the many different types of ghoulies. Great fun!<br /><br />I'm with you Mick, Now if I start hearing things go bump tonight, I'm just gong to pull the covers over my head!Bekkieannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-55982233169781709082009-10-21T15:37:16.876-06:002009-10-21T15:37:16.876-06:00I've always liked this little bit of doggerel,...I've always liked this little bit of doggerel, which I have always thought was a good, thrifty (wordwise!) Scottish prayer.<br />Here is an interesting article on Halloween and all its "ghoulies and ghosties":<br />http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/bump.htmIntellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-10771508894186548562009-10-21T12:54:44.332-06:002009-10-21T12:54:44.332-06:00It just sounds plain scarey to me BecksIt just sounds plain scarey to me BecksMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097990715636294118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-68065405834067068032009-10-21T08:48:32.666-06:002009-10-21T08:48:32.666-06:00Sounds Irish to me!! But I do know differently.
Ye...Sounds Irish to me!! But I do know differently.<br />Yes, one we all know from childhood but can never remember how and when we learned it! Nice!The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-83137789314577411752009-10-20T21:37:46.606-06:002009-10-20T21:37:46.606-06:00It does sound Scottish, doesn't it. As in the...It does sound Scottish, doesn't it. As in the Robbie Burns poem I posted not too long ago, "O wad the power the giftie gie us . . ."Bekkieannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-46227868847482003552009-10-20T19:03:42.607-06:002009-10-20T19:03:42.607-06:00Sounds Scottish to me. In old days they used word...Sounds Scottish to me. In old days they used words like ghosties, and beasties. I seem to recall Robbie Burns using beasties in one of his poems tho don't ask me which.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103626093025254193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-32795773369217744862009-10-20T17:31:53.641-06:002009-10-20T17:31:53.641-06:00Nice little bit of history that. It is one of thos...Nice little bit of history that. It is one of those phrases we most all know but have not a clue from whence it came.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.com