Aw, not that old mickle/muckle thing. Many a mickle maks a muckle is not an old saying, it's nonsense. Mickle and Muckle are synonymous, meaning much. So are Pickle and Puckle, meaning a small amount. Many a pickle maks a mickle you might hear in one area, many a puckle maks a muckle in another. Nothing to do with the thread, but it annoyed me. Good to keep the language alive, but let's the meanings alive too.

And so back, I hope, to shape-shifting, which I think is the accepted terminology even amongst people who can spell metamorphisis…