Earwig

The horny goloch is an awesome beast,
Supple and scaly;
It has twa horns, and a hantle* of feet
And a forkie tailie.

A wee bird sat upon a tree,
When the year was done and auld,
And aye it cheepit pitiously,
'My, but it's cald, cald!'

Scottish Nursery Rhymes Old and New - from our fantastic, quite bombastic, made from plastic, collection of Scottish Nursery Rhymes for children . . . 

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