Thoughtful Thursday

Happy Halloween!



Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
--Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

From ghoulish and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
--Scottish saying
 

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
--Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
 

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
--Mason Cooley

What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night! With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window! How often was he appalled by some shrub covered with snow, which, like a sheeted spectre, beset his very path! How often did he shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet; and dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! and how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!
--Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleep Hollow"