Brackendale, thank you so much,it has been bugging me for a week or more.An acquaintance of mine said that there was an expression"doubting candle" and I could not find any reference to it .TA
I made a silly mistake:my N came from "nine minds" instead of "nine muses"
clue was;baseball team thinks they are inspirational
.http://nineminds.ca/Nine_Minds/Welcome.html