Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... fair strae death . i.e. , a natural death.- " Guy Mannering , " ch . 27 . A CLEAN shrift makes simple living . " The Merry Men . " - Stevenson . " A CLEAN thing's kindly , " quo ' the wife , when she turned her sark after a month's wear ...
... fair strae death . i.e. , a natural death.- " Guy Mannering , " ch . 27 . A CLEAN shrift makes simple living . " The Merry Men . " - Stevenson . " A CLEAN thing's kindly , " quo ' the wife , when she turned her sark after a month's wear ...
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... FAIR maid tocherless will get mair wooers than husbands . i.e. , a girl without a fortune . A FIDGING ( skittish ) mare should be weel girded ( restrained ) . A thief does not always steal , but always be on your guard against him ...
... FAIR maid tocherless will get mair wooers than husbands . i.e. , a girl without a fortune . A FIDGING ( skittish ) mare should be weel girded ( restrained ) . A thief does not always steal , but always be on your guard against him ...
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... Fair horse and a Sunday wife . A Sabbath maiden and a Lammas mare . -Gaelic . If thou desirest a wife choose her on a Saturday rather than on a Sunday . - E . i.e. , don't choose a wife when the lady is specially dressed , or has her ...
... Fair horse and a Sunday wife . A Sabbath maiden and a Lammas mare . -Gaelic . If thou desirest a wife choose her on a Saturday rather than on a Sunday . - E . i.e. , don't choose a wife when the lady is specially dressed , or has her ...
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... Fair Maid of Perth , " ch . 27 . A HIGHLAND plea . " The broadsword's pursuer or plaintiff , as you Englishers ca't , and the target is defender ; the stoutest head bears langest out , and there's a Hieland plea for ye . " — " Rob Roy ...
... Fair Maid of Perth , " ch . 27 . A HIGHLAND plea . " The broadsword's pursuer or plaintiff , as you Englishers ca't , and the target is defender ; the stoutest head bears langest out , and there's a Hieland plea for ye . " — " Rob Roy ...
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... Fair in the cradle and foul in the saddle . - E . So , on the contrary , it is said , A ragged colt may make a good horse . - E . The Irish say , A raggetty colt , etc. So in Gaelic , Fr. , Port . , Ger . So also , Naebody can tell what ...
... Fair in the cradle and foul in the saddle . - E . So , on the contrary , it is said , A ragged colt may make a good horse . - E . The Irish say , A raggetty colt , etc. So in Gaelic , Fr. , Port . , Ger . So also , Naebody can tell what ...
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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.