From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2008-11-01:
"Ye had need tak care how ye dispute the existence of fairies, brownies and apparitions there; ye may as weel dispute the Gospel o' Sant Matthew." -- James Hogg, in 'The Wool Gatherer'.
(submitted to the mailing list by Jean Rogers)
[The line is spoken by a character named Barnaby.]
Happy Hallow'een and a blessed Samhain Eve, all!