Re: TARGET: Overdue poems and curses

[CYNTHIA COLLINS <ccollins@EBNET.ORG>]

Another media center specialist actually used the entry from The Old =
Librarian's Almanac in a newsletter and found herself in hot water! Even =
though it was in jest, the Superintendent was not amused at the words or =
ideas and there was a lot of explaining to do... all newsletters and =
flyers must be approved now before publication in building.

>>> Mark Williams <mark_williams@EEE.ORG> 05/30/02 11:02 AM >>>
At 07:51 AM 5/30/02 -0400, you wrote:
We need some catchy material for our end-of-year overdue
announcements.  Anyone have anything promising?
Kathy Adin, Librarian


How about my favorite:  (supposedly from something called The Old
Librarian's Almanac)

For him that stealeth a Book from this Library, let it change to a Serpent
in his hand and rend him.  Let him be struck with Palsy, and let all his
members be blasted.  Let him languish in Pain, crying aloud for Mercy and
let there be no surcease to his Agony till he sink in Dissolution.  Let
Book-worms gnaw his entrails in token of the Worm that dieth not, and when
at last he goeth to his final Punishment let the Flames of Hell Consume =
him
for ever and ever.

Tongue placed very firmly in cheek,
Mark



Mark Williams
Librarian
Colton High School
777 W. Valley Blvd.
Colton, CA  92324
mark_williams@eee.org

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