Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... siller . i.e. , a good deal of money . A soss . A mess of food such as Irish stew . The term was popularly applied to the entertainment provided by Luckie Luckhart , of the Potter - Row , and other popular vintners in Edinburgh in the ...
... siller . i.e. , a good deal of money . A soss . A mess of food such as Irish stew . The term was popularly applied to the entertainment provided by Luckie Luckhart , of the Potter - Row , and other popular vintners in Edinburgh in the ...
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... siller , but nane o ' want o ' sense . A ' CRACKS maunna be trewed . i.e. , all that is heard must not be trusted . A ' FAILS that fools think . A ' FELLOWS , Jock , and the laird . Spoken when unworthy persons intrude themselves into ...
... siller , but nane o ' want o ' sense . A ' CRACKS maunna be trewed . i.e. , all that is heard must not be trusted . A ' FAILS that fools think . A ' FELLOWS , Jock , and the laird . Spoken when unworthy persons intrude themselves into ...
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... siller's current folk maunna look ower nicely at what King's head's on't . " Guy Mannering , " ch . 22 . Dirty hands make clean money . - E . As lang as the bird sings afore Candlemas , he greets after it . For every song the mavis ...
... siller's current folk maunna look ower nicely at what King's head's on't . " Guy Mannering , " ch . 22 . Dirty hands make clean money . - E . As lang as the bird sings afore Candlemas , he greets after it . For every song the mavis ...
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... siller . BETTER fleech a fool than fight him . So , Fools must be flattered not foughten with .- " The Abbot , " ch . 21 . BETTER fleech the deil than fight him . It's useless to defy those who are stronger than ourselves . " High- land ...
... siller . BETTER fleech a fool than fight him . So , Fools must be flattered not foughten with .- " The Abbot , " ch . 21 . BETTER fleech the deil than fight him . It's useless to defy those who are stronger than ourselves . " High- land ...
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... siller after a ' your kin . COURTESY is cumbersome to them that kens it na . Cow bewitched . In Dumfries and Galloway , in order to remove the charm from a bewitched cow , the tainted milk was boiled in a brass pan , pins were added ...
... siller after a ' your kin . COURTESY is cumbersome to them that kens it na . Cow bewitched . In Dumfries and Galloway , in order to remove the charm from a bewitched cow , the tainted milk was boiled in a brass pan , pins were added ...
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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.