http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk A Tribute to William McGonagall, Poet and Tragedian of Dundee Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:23:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/life/a-summary-history-of-poet-mcgonagall#comment-6570 Gareth Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:17:36 +0000 http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/?page_id=278#comment-6570 Ah – I now see that this site (under ‘Life’) suggests that the passage ‘….appears to be an early account by McGonagall’ – suggesting that the source is unknown. That answers my question!

]]> http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/life/a-summary-history-of-poet-mcgonagall#comment-6569 Gareth Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:13:08 +0000 http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/?page_id=278#comment-6569 This passage is printed, without attribution, at the start of the Library Omnibus edition of McGonagall’s work. Its semi-literate nature suggests that it was written by McGonagall himself, but differs in style from his Preface to “Poetic Gems”. Does anybody have a source for the above?

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