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Originally Posted by nekokami
Good site, but doesn't address one question I have: is "Hogswatchnight" partially inspired by Hogmanay? Not that Terry Pratchett isn't perfectly capable of coming up with a porcine-based holiday on his own, but when I ran into references about it today, I couldn't help but wonder. |
Wikipedia says
"the name is a pun on "hogwash", Hogmanay and Watch Night, and possibly on the ancient holiday of Samhain" though it doesn't cite a source.
Cheers,
Marc