Two things youse guys might advise on...I had never thought of putting McGonagall in the "Happy!" file, genius though he was, until I read Hamish's comments on him as a great folk poet. Other than March of 1830, although I've been looking 5 years, I haven't found the actual day of birth.

Other thing is, was there an actual Tay Bridge disaster? Or even mild incident? What was that "poor soothsayer" reference about?

Thanks