At the Needle E'e, or, to be more explicit, the Needle Eye, you are called to play through a natural hazard consisting of a gap in a belt of trees, and you repeat the process when you come to threat! your way between the imposing bunkers that lie on the face of the slope leading to the green.

The point to be remembered is that the Needle E'e demands care, steadiness, and a certain adroit facility. If you can muster these to your aid there is a great hope for you.

The immemorial rhyme for one of the most popular children's singing games in Scotland "Through the Needle E'e " is.

Brother Jack, it ye were mine, I would give you claret wine, Claret wine's gude and fine, Through the needke e'e boys.

The game, it may be added, is just another version of the English game, "Oranges and Lemons,"or "London Bridge is Broken Down " in so far as it ends in a tug o' war and is not golf a tug o' war all the time ?