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 160
... Hogmanay , thus linking the two supreme pleasures of some Scotsmen's lives . The suggestion may be no more convincing than John MacTaggart's conjecture that Hogmanay derives from hug - me - now , or hawse - and - ney , ' kiss me and I'm ...
... Hogmanay , thus linking the two supreme pleasures of some Scotsmen's lives . The suggestion may be no more convincing than John MacTaggart's conjecture that Hogmanay derives from hug - me - now , or hawse - and - ney , ' kiss me and I'm ...
Page 352
... Hogmanay he will conjure fire all around and above the bridge , and the bachelors will become embroiled in an eldritch dance with fairies and brownies , the live ones tied to the backs of these otherworldly entities , the dead ones in ...
... Hogmanay he will conjure fire all around and above the bridge , and the bachelors will become embroiled in an eldritch dance with fairies and brownies , the live ones tied to the backs of these otherworldly entities , the dead ones in ...
Page 429
... Hogmanay , 352 derivation of word , 160 Holy Fair , The , 202 houghmagandie , 101 , 195 derivation of word , 159-60 House of Commons , 316 House with the Green Shutters , The ( Brown ) , 133 Houston , R. A. , 18 Humours of Smithfield ...
... Hogmanay , 352 derivation of word , 160 Holy Fair , The , 202 houghmagandie , 101 , 195 derivation of word , 159-60 House of Commons , 316 House with the Green Shutters , The ( Brown ) , 133 Houston , R. A. , 18 Humours of Smithfield ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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