Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... Chambers . One of the many proverbial reflections on the honesty of weavers . As ill a guesser has gotten a drink . A senseless but common saying when one guesses aright . — Kelly . As lang as a dog would be bound wi ' a bloody puddin ...
... Chambers . One of the many proverbial reflections on the honesty of weavers . As ill a guesser has gotten a drink . A senseless but common saying when one guesses aright . — Kelly . As lang as a dog would be bound wi ' a bloody puddin ...
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... Chambers . It is said the Fife people hit upon the name from observing the smoke of the city across the Firth of Forth . AULD saws speak truth . AULD sparrows are ill to tame . AULD Springs get nae price . Spoken when people or things ...
... Chambers . It is said the Fife people hit upon the name from observing the smoke of the city across the Firth of Forth . AULD saws speak truth . AULD sparrows are ill to tame . AULD Springs get nae price . Spoken when people or things ...
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... Chambers . BETWEEN Seton and the sea | Mony a man shall die that day . Thomas the Rhymer . BETWEEN the Blawart lap and Killievair stanes There lie mony bloody banes . Near Menmuir , Forfarshire . Allusion to some old battle . - Chambers ...
... Chambers . BETWEEN Seton and the sea | Mony a man shall die that day . Thomas the Rhymer . BETWEEN the Blawart lap and Killievair stanes There lie mony bloody banes . Near Menmuir , Forfarshire . Allusion to some old battle . - Chambers ...
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... Chambers . BLEARING ane's e'en . i.e. , deceiving . — “ Guy Mannering , ” ch . 39 . BLEARY , Buckie , Backie , Jackie , The East Toun , the West Toun , The Quithill and Pitdwathie , Annamuck and Elfhill , The Gowans and the Tannachie ...
... Chambers . BLEARING ane's e'en . i.e. , deceiving . — “ Guy Mannering , ” ch . 39 . BLEARY , Buckie , Backie , Jackie , The East Toun , the West Toun , The Quithill and Pitdwathie , Annamuck and Elfhill , The Gowans and the Tannachie ...
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... Chambers . BODE a robe and wear it , | Bode a poke and bear it . make your bed so you must lie on it.-E. As you BODE for a silk gown , and ye'll get a sleeve o't . " Redgauntlet , " Letter 2 . Look to a gown of gold , and you will at ...
... Chambers . BODE a robe and wear it , | Bode a poke and bear it . make your bed so you must lie on it.-E. As you BODE for a silk gown , and ye'll get a sleeve o't . " Redgauntlet , " Letter 2 . Look to a gown of gold , and you will at ...
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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.