The Popular Rhymes of Scotland: With Illustrations, Chiefly Collected from Oral SourcesW. Hunter, 1826 - 319 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire Aberlady Aiken-drum ancient appear Ardoch auld wife Ayrshire ballad battle Battle of Otterburn Bemerside BONNIE bridge brownie burgh called Campbell Carse of Gowrie Castle century church circumstance clan ClanGregor Cultoquey Dalrymple death district Douglas Dryfe Dryfesdale Dundee Dundonald Castle Earl Edinburgh fairies FATHARA following rhyme FORFAR Forfarshire frae Gaelic GI'E Glenlogie Glenurquhay Gordons Grahams gude GUTHRIE hill honourable horse inhabitants Iona Jedburgh Kenneth MacAlpin King known lady laird lance lands Learmont Leith look Lord Lorntie Maormor miles mouth MUNE Murray MUSSELBURGH neighbours never night occasion parish Peebles perhaps person Perthshire phrase popular rhyme prophecy proverb Quothquan rhyme Roxburghshire SALL Scot Scotland Scottish seems signifies Somerville spoon STANE stone story style supposed Tanistry THERE'S Thomas the Rhymer TILLIELOOT tion TOUN town tradition TWEED village WEAVERS whole word
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Página 145 - May the foul fiend drive ye, And a' to pieces rive ye, For building sic a town, Where there's neither horse meat, Nor man's meat, Nor a chair to sit down.
Página 76 - The popular tale bears, that Thomas was carried off, at an early age, to the Fairy Land, where he acquired all the knowledge, which made him afterwards so famous. After seven years' residence, he was permitted to return to the earth, to enlighten and astonish his countrymen by his prophetic powers; still, however, remaining bound to return to his Royal Mistress whensoever she might intimate her pleasure.
Página 76 - Ercildoune, a person came running in, and told, with marks of fear and astonishment, that a hart and hind had left the neighbouring forest, and were, composedly and slowly, parading the street of the village, f The prophet instantly arose, left his habitation, and followed the wonderful animals to the forest, whence he was never seen to return. According to the popular belief, he still ' drees his weird ' in Fairy Land, and is one day expected to revisit earth.
Página 73 - Whence, or how, he had this knowledge, can hardly be affirmed ; but sure it is, that he did divine and answer truly of many things to come."— Spottiswoode, p.
Página 99 - auld town' of Aberdeen, with its one arch and its black deep salmon stream, is in my memory as yesterday. I still remember, though perhaps I may misquote the awful proverb which made me pause to cross it, and yet lean over it with a childish I delight, being an only son, at least by the mother's side.
Página 201 - His name is Glenlogie, when he is from home; He is of the gay Gordons, his name it is John.
Página 244 - A Description of the Parish of Melrose ; in Answer to Mr. Maitland's Queries, sent to each Parish of the Kingdom. Edinburgh, 1743, 8vo.
Página 272 - His face did glow like the glow o' the west, When the drumlie cloud has it half o'ercast; Or the struggling moon when she's sair distrest, 0 sirs! 'twas Aiken-drum. I trow the bauldest stood aback, Wi...
Página 274 - I'll shiel a' your sheep i' the mornin' sune,* I'll berry your crap by the light o' the moon, An' ha the bairns wi' an unken'd tune, If ye'll keep puir Aiken-drum. ' I'll loup the linn when ye canna wade, I'll kirn the kirn, an
Página 263 - It was till lately believed by the ploughmen of Clydesdale, that if they repeated the rhyme Fairy, fairy, bake me a bannock and roast me a collop, And I'll gie ye a spurtle off my gadend ! three several times on turning their cattle at the terminations of ridges, they would find the said fare prepared for them on reaching the end of the fourth furrow.