Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850John Donald, 2007 - 438 pages Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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Page 107
... fear'd , she made her burn [ piss ] in the barrel ; and what was't true ye after a ' but a tupe and a ewe of the highland gaits [ goats ] , it the laird had gotten to gie the lady milk , but mony a day we leugh [ laughed ] at the twa de ...
... fear'd , she made her burn [ piss ] in the barrel ; and what was't true ye after a ' but a tupe and a ewe of the highland gaits [ goats ] , it the laird had gotten to gie the lady milk , but mony a day we leugh [ laughed ] at the twa de ...
Page 286
... fear'd for yon Corsican Laddie , and he's just as fear'd to look out . But them that the Corsican's frighted , before there be mair reason for't , Is like weans when by kirkyards benighted , they're ay far mair frighted than hurt . On ...
... fear'd for yon Corsican Laddie , and he's just as fear'd to look out . But them that the Corsican's frighted , before there be mair reason for't , Is like weans when by kirkyards benighted , they're ay far mair frighted than hurt . On ...
Page 354
... fear or dread ; Till all at once , before his eyes , A frightful monster he descries ; Half black , half white , wi ' glancing eyes ; And then its shape , to his surprise , Was something like a bausent foal , New besmear'd in some moss ...
... fear or dread ; Till all at once , before his eyes , A frightful monster he descries ; Half black , half white , wi ' glancing eyes ; And then its shape , to his surprise , Was something like a bausent foal , New besmear'd in some moss ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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