Black nag

Any Oxford folk remember how we used to dance "Black nag"? We learnt it last night, from the original 17th century instructions, and parts of it felt familiar, but parts of it didn't. I definitely remember the "GALLopy gallopy gallopy gallopy; GALLopy gallopy gallopy gallopy; GALLopy gallopy gallopy gallopy; All. Turn. Round" bit, and the "CORners cross (3, 4), CORners cross (3, 4), SIDES cross (3, 4), All. Turn. Round" bit, but I don't remember the siding, and I can't remember any heys, though Pellinor thinks he can.

(You can tell that I used to teach these dances in my Oxford days, since I can't dance any of them without chanting the moves out loud.)

Halloween

Shh! I'm not in! There are no signs of life here at all. There's no point even venturing close, because no-one's here. No, nobody. Nobody at all.