Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... Gaelic . The house doth every day more wretched grow , Where the hen louder than the cock doth crow . -Fr . - probably the original . A CRUEL king ne'er reigns long . A DEAR ship lies lang in the harbour . Applied PROVERBS . 5.
... Gaelic . The house doth every day more wretched grow , Where the hen louder than the cock doth crow . -Fr . - probably the original . A CRUEL king ne'er reigns long . A DEAR ship lies lang in the harbour . Applied PROVERBS . 5.
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... Gaelic , Also Irish and Welsh . As a man is friended , So the law is ended . - E . A FRIEND'S dinner is soon dight . i.e. , prepared . A FROSTY winter , a dusty March , a rain about April , Another about the Lammas time when the corn ...
... Gaelic , Also Irish and Welsh . As a man is friended , So the law is ended . - E . A FRIEND'S dinner is soon dight . i.e. , prepared . A FROSTY winter , a dusty March , a rain about April , Another about the Lammas time when the corn ...
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... Gaelic . A FU ' purse maks a haverin ' merchant . A full purse makes the mouth run over.-E. Another version is , A fu ' purse maks a man speak , ¿ .e . , gives him courage . VA FU ' sack can bear a clout i ' the side .レ V i.e. , a ...
... Gaelic . A FU ' purse maks a haverin ' merchant . A full purse makes the mouth run over.-E. Another version is , A fu ' purse maks a man speak , ¿ .e . , gives him courage . VA FU ' sack can bear a clout i ' the side .レ V i.e. , a ...
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... Gaelic ; and , Whistling on a cold track . - Gaelic . A GRAN ' lift . i.e. , great promotion . A GREAT rooser was ne'er a gude rider . A great boaster is rarely a good performer . A GREAT slave to the paper . i.e. , a minister who reads ...
... Gaelic ; and , Whistling on a cold track . - Gaelic . A GRAN ' lift . i.e. , great promotion . A GREAT rooser was ne'er a gude rider . A great boaster is rarely a good performer . A GREAT slave to the paper . i.e. , a minister who reads ...
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... Gaelic . Ray says this proverb was confuted in 1667 , when , though the season was unusually mild , the health of the community was excellent . A GRETNA Green marriage - see , A Coldstream marriage . A GREYBEARD . i.e. , an earthenware ...
... Gaelic . Ray says this proverb was confuted in 1667 , when , though the season was unusually mild , the health of the community was excellent . A GRETNA Green marriage - see , A Coldstream marriage . A GREYBEARD . i.e. , an earthenware ...
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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 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 waur Waverley weel wife winna YE hae ye'll YE'RE
Pasajes populares
Página 90 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Página 352 - There's some say that we wan, some say that they wan, Some say that nane wan at a', man : But one thing I'm sure, that at Sheriffmuir A battle there was, which I saw, man. And we ran, and they ran, and they ran, and we ran, And we ran, and they ran awa, man.
Página 362 - They that wash on Monday, Have all the week to dry; They that wash on Tuesday, Are not so much awry ; They that wash on Wednesday, Are not so much to blame; They that wash on Thursday, Wash for shame ; They that wash on Friday, Wash in need ; And they that wash on Saturday, O!
Página 204 - 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 322 - 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 189 - 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 242 - March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
Página 176 - 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 300 - 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 7 - 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.