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- From: eaobrien@vax1.tcd.ie
- Subject: Witches Abroad annotation
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:09:11 GMT
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- Tentative annotation for Witches Abroad...
-
- Baron Saturday .. a reference to Baron Samedi, a voodoo Death figure who
- wears top hat and tails, if I recall correctly.
-
- one two three..
-
- I'M..
- PUTTING ON MY TOP HAT
- TYING UP MY WHITE TIE etc :-)
-
- Somebody who knows more about voodoo might be able to tell us if
- any of the names of Mrs. Gogol's gods are significant (Stride Wide Man &c.)
-
- Incidentally, when Saturday is introduced to the witches, Nanny Ogg greets
- him as 'Man Saturday'. I for one didn't know Nanny Ogg had read Robinson
- Crusoe..:-)
-
- --Emmet
-