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 193
... lassie having conceived ) : ' An't be na weel bobbit , weel bobbit , weel bobbit , / An't be na weel bobbit , we'll bob it again ' ( Kinsley 1968 : No. 513 ) . The ' Bob of Dunblane ' was a dance , but a bob was also a bobbin , a pin ...
... lassie having conceived ) : ' An't be na weel bobbit , weel bobbit , weel bobbit , / An't be na weel bobbit , we'll bob it again ' ( Kinsley 1968 : No. 513 ) . The ' Bob of Dunblane ' was a dance , but a bob was also a bobbin , a pin ...
Page 199
... lassie , and ye busk sae bra ' , The lads will crack your maidenhead , and that's against the law . I view them aft come to the church , with meal upon their hair man ; Whom I have seen in former times , with back and buttocks bare man ...
... lassie , and ye busk sae bra ' , The lads will crack your maidenhead , and that's against the law . I view them aft come to the church , with meal upon their hair man ; Whom I have seen in former times , with back and buttocks bare man ...
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... lassie O vow that ye be vogie , Ye're proud to wear that whorelike coat , its name is GoWF MY LOGIE . sieve - rims petticoats proud I laugh to see them come to fairs , with whalebone stays it's queer man , So foolishly they are primpt ...
... lassie O vow that ye be vogie , Ye're proud to wear that whorelike coat , its name is GoWF MY LOGIE . sieve - rims petticoats proud I laugh to see them come to fairs , with whalebone stays it's queer man , So foolishly they are primpt ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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