... level as the people he is writing about. I am fortunate to come to this poem fresh without prior knowledge of its contents. The tale of the witches and the horses tail seems humorous to me but it was difficult for me to determine whether or not Burns was telling a supernatural tale because he himself believed in such things or because he ... was making fun of the way in which superstitions can control a persons behavior? I would like to think that Burns was portraying a culture rather than mocking it. By placing this tail within a story that seems common helps me to believe that he is s...

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