Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though 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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the king's ship in the Forth . On that occasion he presented the ' Ladies ' gift ' mentioned in stanza 2. This was a jewelled saltire brooch , prepared by Lady Scott and a group of Edinburgh women known as the ' Sisters of the Silver ...
the king's ship in the Forth . On that occasion he presented the ' Ladies ' gift ' mentioned in stanza 2. This was a jewelled saltire brooch , prepared by Lady Scott and a group of Edinburgh women known as the ' Sisters of the Silver ...
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Bh13 - d.10 The Laird of Logie Historically John Wemyss the Laird of Logie was a supporter of James VI's madcap cousin , Francis Stewart Earl of Bothwell , who led the king a merry dance in the 1590s . In captivity for his misdemeanors ...
Bh13 - d.10 The Laird of Logie Historically John Wemyss the Laird of Logie was a supporter of James VI's madcap cousin , Francis Stewart Earl of Bothwell , who led the king a merry dance in the 1590s . In captivity for his misdemeanors ...
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Old King Coul The Old King Cole of the nursery rhyme , was supposedly the same as the sixthcentury King Coil , a ruler of the Britons , and one who allegedly gave his name to Kyle in Ayrshire . Long since forgotten as a historical ...
Old King Coul The Old King Cole of the nursery rhyme , was supposedly the same as the sixthcentury King Coil , a ruler of the Britons , and one who allegedly gave his name to Kyle in Ayrshire . Long since forgotten as a historical ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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