LL-L "Tradition" 2009.08.10 (07) [EN]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Tradition" 2009.08.10 (05) [EN]

In Scotland the Sandman was someone who came at night and sprinkled sand in
your eyes to make you sleep. This sand was still there when you woke up, of
course.

I was very surprised when I moved to Wales and discovered that nobody I
mentioned it to there had heard of this.

Sandy Fleming
Http://scotstext.org/ <http://scotstext.org/>

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