Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... poor in popular sayings , he might at least give us credit for what is unquestionably our own . In the present collection a strenuous attempt has been made , so far as possible , to eliminate all sayings , which cannot be re- garded as ...
... poor in popular sayings , he might at least give us credit for what is unquestionably our own . In the present collection a strenuous attempt has been made , so far as possible , to eliminate all sayings , which cannot be re- garded as ...
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... poor return for his past services . - Hislop . A DREEPING roast . i.e. , a good downsitting . A DREIGH drink is better than a dry sermon . i.e. , anything is better than a dry sermon , for , of course , a dreigh drink is no drink at all ...
... poor return for his past services . - Hislop . A DREEPING roast . i.e. , a good downsitting . A DREIGH drink is better than a dry sermon . i.e. , anything is better than a dry sermon , for , of course , a dreigh drink is no drink at all ...
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... poor all years . - Kelly . A beggar will never be bankrupt . - E . A GUDE yeoman ( husband ) maks a good woman . A good wife maketh a good husband . - E . A HAIRY man's a geary man , but a hairy wife's a witch . It would appear that ...
... poor all years . - Kelly . A beggar will never be bankrupt . - E . A GUDE yeoman ( husband ) maks a good woman . A good wife maketh a good husband . - E . A HAIRY man's a geary man , but a hairy wife's a witch . It would appear that ...
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... poor .- " Heart of Midlothian , " ch . 39 . A HINGIN ' lug . i.e. , a grudge . A HOME ! a Home ! Slogan of the Earl of Home . A HORN Spoon hauds nae poison . There is little likelihood of a poor man being poisoned , as nothing is to be ...
... poor .- " Heart of Midlothian , " ch . 39 . A HINGIN ' lug . i.e. , a grudge . A HOME ! a Home ! Slogan of the Earl of Home . A HORN Spoon hauds nae poison . There is little likelihood of a poor man being poisoned , as nothing is to be ...
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... Poor brownie , ye'll ne'er dae mair good . If the inmates of a house wished to get rid of a brownie , they had only to leave out for him a new coat or mantle . Hence one of these spirits , where this had been done , was heard to take ...
... Poor brownie , ye'll ne'er dae mair good . If the inmates of a house wished to get rid of a brownie , they had only to leave out for him a new coat or mantle . Hence one of these spirits , where this had been done , was heard to take ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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.