  Type-II solar spicules appear as long, thin, highly dynamic strands of
field-tied matter that feed significant mass and energy to the corona and solar
wind. A recent result is that they exhibit torsional Alfv\'en waves in addition
to accelerating outflows and swaying motions due to transverse Alfv\'enic
waves. I summarize this finding and then re-interpret older observations in its
light: the striking similarity of near-limb scenes in the outer blue and red
wings of H\alpha, and the tilts of absorption lines with respect to emission
lines in eclipse spectra taken in 1973.
