Normally I like to flaunt
my Scottish heritage around Halloween.
Especially
my great grandmother MacPherson who had the second sight.
MacPherson! What a great name!
My mother
used to tell me that no matter where they live in the world, whenever a
MacPherson dies the banshees wail.
Unfortunately,
because of what I learned this week I'm afraid the banshees won't wail for
me.
If I'm lucky
they might hum a few bars of "My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean".
You see
yesterday I read that there is a difference between Celtic feet and Saxon feet.
You can
read the article here.
Saxon feet are narrow and pointed with
the toes descending neatly in size from big toe to smallest toe
while Celtic feet are wider, square-ish and often have the second toe longer than the big toe.
I don't
want to be a Saxon!
Oh sure they looked good in chain mail, but those
metal buckets they wore on their heads!
Jeesh.
Anyway, I
have decided that even though I have the feet of a Saxon I surely must have the
soul of a Celt.
Especially on Hallowe'en.
I hope the
Banshees are good with that.
9 comments:
I have Celt feet :P
Oh dear. I guess your Great-great-great granny liked 'em tall, blonde and Germanic.
This may be the greatest thing I have ever read. After years of constant feet bashing, courtesy of my husband, I now can so proudly tell him that these beauties are Celtic feet, and my daughter has them also. We stand tall (no, we're short but in theory) on our boxy second toe long feet. Gramdmother MacDougal would be so proud. Thank you!
Looks like there are some Saxon skeletons in the family closet, Francie.
I just know that this post will be the best and most entertaining of the week! What a great way to start my week.
Either way you have adorable little feet Francie :)
You have the cutest feet I have ever seen!!!
Well, my middle toe and the toe next to my big toe are longer than the bit toe, so I will probably get to banshees. You can have one, or both so they can sing a duet ;-)
Ha ha..too cute a post..and your feet are super-lovely! hmm..i think i am the love child of both versions of feet, mine seem to be a morphing of the two!Thanks for the giggles so early in the a.m!
Wishing you a wonderful week friend!
Victoria
Ha! Loved this. First time a blog post got me to take my socks off.
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