Musings on FB&WTFT

[psychodudeneo]

No: HPFGUIDX 45836

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> 
> > My personal favorite for the class is the Mooncalf.  The image 
> of that shy creature dancing the night away under the full moon 
> cracks me up.  It is like the friendly, twinkle-toed cousin of a 
> werewolf.
> > 
> 
> Surely the Mooncalf is nothing else than Lewis Carroll's Mock 
> Turtle, which danced the Lobster Quadrille?
> 
> http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/alice-table.html
> 
> Pippin

I don't think so.  The mooncalf doesn't seem to have a turtle shell.  
I assumed the creature was a reference to an old song:

"Buffalo Girls, wontcha come out tonight?
Come out tonight?  Come out tonight?
Buffalo Girls, wontcha come out tonight?
And dance by the light of the moon!"

"psychodudeneo"