Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... origin , or the historical , social , humorous , or pathetic incidents with which many of them have become associated . Indeed , what may be called the secondary , or subsidiary incidents are in many cases more interesting , and ...
... origin , or the historical , social , humorous , or pathetic incidents with which many of them have become associated . Indeed , what may be called the secondary , or subsidiary incidents are in many cases more interesting , and ...
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... origin . But it is some- what remarkable that while Mr. Hazlitt casts doubts on the genuine Scottish origin of many of our sayings , he yet falls into a similar fault to the one he condemns in our collectors . In his collection of ...
... origin . But it is some- what remarkable that while Mr. Hazlitt casts doubts on the genuine Scottish origin of many of our sayings , he yet falls into a similar fault to the one he condemns in our collectors . In his collection of ...
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as in this one are neither English nor Scottish in their origin , but can be traced back to a remote antiquity . With regard to the Popular Rhymes of Scotland , two works only claim our attention , the most important being the well ...
as in this one are neither English nor Scottish in their origin , but can be traced back to a remote antiquity . With regard to the Popular Rhymes of Scotland , two works only claim our attention , the most important being the well ...
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... origin , and he ex- plains it as referring to the hospitable Highland custom of offering a visitor a drink of the best whenever he enters the house . It first appeared in print in Allan Ramsay's " Collection , " 1736 . Hazlitt gives it ...
... origin , and he ex- plains it as referring to the hospitable Highland custom of offering a visitor a drink of the best whenever he enters the house . It first appeared in print in Allan Ramsay's " Collection , " 1736 . Hazlitt gives it ...
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... origin is different . The latter saying arose from the following circumstances . In former days an ale house , called " The Gallows House , " stood half way between York and the place of public execution for that city , and here the ...
... origin is different . The latter saying arose from the following circumstances . In former days an ale house , called " The Gallows House , " stood half way between York and the place of public execution for that city , and here the ...
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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.