It does say the lads will begin arriving at the museum on December 12, so maybe they haven't come yet(?).

That's my guess, John.

And I don't have any sausage, milk curd or candles (or sheep or cows), and I've never fried bread in my life.

I don't know whether this puts me at greater risk of incurring these lads' wrath, or makes me safe from them...