Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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Página 49
... ye " The Antiquary , " ch . 12. i.e. , as alert as an eel . brew weel , ye'll drink the better . We must eat as we bake.-E. As ye're stout be merciful . Used tauntingly . - Kelly , Satis est prostrasse leoni . - L . Ask the tapster if ...
... ye " The Antiquary , " ch . 12. i.e. , as alert as an eel . brew weel , ye'll drink the better . We must eat as we bake.-E. As ye're stout be merciful . Used tauntingly . - Kelly , Satis est prostrasse leoni . - L . Ask the tapster if ...
Página 71
... ye'll break nae graith . Hasten slowly . — E . Ca ' canny , lad , ye're but a new come cooper . No man is his craft's master the first day.-E. CADGERS are aye cracking o ' creels . CADGERS are aye cracking o ' crook saddles ; or ...
... ye'll break nae graith . Hasten slowly . — E . Ca ' canny , lad , ye're but a new come cooper . No man is his craft's master the first day.-E. CADGERS are aye cracking o ' creels . CADGERS are aye cracking o ' crook saddles ; or ...
Página 75
... ye're a fine ane . Used ironically . CHALK is no shears . - Fergusson and Kelly . Taken from tailors marking out their cloth before they cut it , signi- fying that a thing may be proposed that will never be executed . - Kelly . CHANGE ...
... ye're a fine ane . Used ironically . CHALK is no shears . - Fergusson and Kelly . Taken from tailors marking out their cloth before they cut it , signi- fying that a thing may be proposed that will never be executed . - Kelly . CHANGE ...
Página 78
... ye're ca'd , and ye'll no be chidden . COME wi ' the wind , and gang wi ' the water . Lightly come , lightly go.-E. What comes with the wind will go with the rain . - Gaelic . Male parta , male dilabuntur . - L . And in Dutch and Manx ...
... ye're ca'd , and ye'll no be chidden . COME wi ' the wind , and gang wi ' the water . Lightly come , lightly go.-E. What comes with the wind will go with the rain . - Gaelic . Male parta , male dilabuntur . - L . And in Dutch and Manx ...
Página 86
... ye're beguiled in . i.e. , it would require the very devil to take you in . DEIL be in the pock that ye cam ' in . DEIL be licket . Introduction to 66 nothing at all . DEIL choke them . Guy Mannering . " " I got deil be licket , ” i ...
... ye're beguiled in . i.e. , it would require the very devil to take you in . DEIL be in the pock that ye cam ' in . DEIL be licket . Introduction to 66 nothing at all . DEIL choke them . Guy Mannering . " " I got deil be licket , ” i ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire Antiquary applied auld bairns baith banes Berwickshire better bird bonny bread Bride of Lammermoor called canna Castle cauld Compare deil dinna doun drink Earl Edinburgh English say Ettrick Shepherd Fair Maid fish fool Fortunes of Nigel frae Gaelic Galt's gang gude Guy Mannering hame hand haud hauf head Heart of Midlothian Henderson Highland horse ilka ither kail keep Kelly King laird Lord Maid of Perth maidens mair man's married maun meat milk mony muckle naething ne'er never Old Mortality ower parish person Perth phrase poor proverb purse Redgauntlet Refers rhyme Rob Roy Ronan's Scotland Scots Scottish siller Spoken stane THERE'S thing toun wark waur Waverley weel wife winna YE hae ye'll YE'RE
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Página 94 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Página 81 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!
Página 208 - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Página 100 - Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.
Página 324 - Hesperus ! thou bringest all good things — Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, The welcome stall to the...
Página 246 - March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
Página 193 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain Winter is gone and will not come again.
Página 180 - The Man in the Wilderness The Man in the Wilderness asked of me, "How many strawberries grow in the sea?" I answered him, as I thought good, "As many red herrings as grow in the wood.
Página 302 - GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the Nith, An' past the mouth o
Página 9 - A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent With his yearly Rent Will buy 'em out all three.