Louis Wain Fact #67:
At least one person was named after Wain; in 1933 when Louis Wain of Skegness, England was in court charged with an unlicensed motorcycle, the chairman interrupted the proceedings to ask him about cats. To which the defendant claimed the artist was merely his namesake.
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And the branches are rustling a murmurous rune,
The Owls sit in council, like prophets of Fate,
Discussing grave questions of Kingdom and State.
They wink and they blink, and they blink and they wink,
Till midnight grows black and commands them to flit
With a “Shoo! To-whoo!” and a “Whirr! Tu-whit!”