GAMESAnswers to the games will appear in the next issue CRYPTOGRAM L KULXRW! ZO HSWJ, ZO MWXRES KLRG! SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH'S CRYPTOGRAM: Heap On More Wood The Wind Is Chill Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still, We'll keep our Christmas merry still, Each age has deem'd the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer; And well our Christian sires of old Lov'd when the year its course had roll'd. Sir Walter Scott Game
With the start of the new year we find ourselves in the month which has the birthday of Scotland's illustrious poet, Robert Burns. So in honor of the great man himself, we give you some lines from some of his poems. This isn't as easy at it seems, because the actual title (which is what we want) is not always the name that we commonly attribute to the poem.
1. Flow gently sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
2. Scots Wha hae with Wallace bled
3.A man's a man for a' that.
4.O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us; To see oursels as ithers see us!
5. The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men; Gang aft agley,
ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH'S QUIZ: 1. What is the very rich fruit cake, almost solid with fruit, almmonds and spices, all mixed in with lots of you know what (in case you don't - whisky).The mixture is baked in a tim lined with a rich short pastry?ANSWER: Black Bun
2. In what year did the General Assembly in Edinburgh try to abolish Christmas?
3. What were placed in windows that gave rise to help the Holy Family on their way on Christmas Eve and First Footers in New Year's Eve? It gives rise to the phrase Oidche Choinnle?
4. An offering made by a First Footer is known as a _______
5. A holiday celebrated in Scotland between Christmas and New Year's, but missing in the U.S. is?
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