Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of ScotlandA. Gardner, 1896 - 434 páginas |
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... Henderson . As dumb as a dead cuddy . As dure as a door nail . As fain as a fool o ' a fair day . As false as a Scot ; and , Fair and false like a Scot . For many centuries previous to the Union of the Crowns , the English , in speaking ...
... Henderson . As dumb as a dead cuddy . As dure as a door nail . As fain as a fool o ' a fair day . As false as a Scot ; and , Fair and false like a Scot . For many centuries previous to the Union of the Crowns , the English , in speaking ...
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... Henderson . AT two full times and three half times , Or threescore years and ten , The ravens shall sit on the stones o ' St. Brandon And drink o ' the bluid o ' the slain .--- Thomas the Rhymer . The stones of St. Brandon stand in a ...
... Henderson . AT two full times and three half times , Or threescore years and ten , The ravens shall sit on the stones o ' St. Brandon And drink o ' the bluid o ' the slain .--- Thomas the Rhymer . The stones of St. Brandon stand in a ...
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... weel . These places are in the parishes of Eccles and Coldstream , Berwick- shire . The version given is that of Chambers . Henderson gives another form , as follows : - Hilton and Hornton ( Horndean ) , Claribad and Paxton 68 PROVERBS .
... weel . These places are in the parishes of Eccles and Coldstream , Berwick- shire . The version given is that of Chambers . Henderson gives another form , as follows : - Hilton and Hornton ( Horndean ) , Claribad and Paxton 68 PROVERBS .
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... Henderson . CA ' brownie ca ' | A ' the luck o ' Bodsbeck's away to Leithenha ' . The farmer of Bodsbeck , in Moffat - dale , left out some food for the brownie , who resenting this offer , left the house saying the words of the above ...
... Henderson . CA ' brownie ca ' | A ' the luck o ' Bodsbeck's away to Leithenha ' . The farmer of Bodsbeck , in Moffat - dale , left out some food for the brownie , who resenting this offer , left the house saying the words of the above ...
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... Henderson . CAN do is easily carried about wi ' ane . " Rob Roy , " ch . 38 . CANNA has nae craft . If you don't learn you can't have skill . CANNY stretch , soon reach . i.e. , luck in leisure . CAP for cap , and clean cap out . i.e. ...
... Henderson . CAN do is easily carried about wi ' ane . " Rob Roy , " ch . 38 . CANNA has nae craft . If you don't learn you can't have skill . CANNY stretch , soon reach . i.e. , luck in leisure . CAP for cap , and clean cap out . i.e. ...
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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.