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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Page 60
I then turned towards the east , through a place called Slamanen , and was lodged one night near a place called Tod's bughts , where there was a boulhorn'd [ obstinate ] goodwife , but a very civil goodman , when I went in , she took up ...
I then turned towards the east , through a place called Slamanen , and was lodged one night near a place called Tod's bughts , where there was a boulhorn'd [ obstinate ] goodwife , but a very civil goodman , when I went in , she took up ...
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Also on the front cover is a series of odd little proverbs , reading in translation , ' the Light - Blue Book is a book ; a little trout is called a fish , every bird is called a bird , the nest of the wren is called a nest ' .
Also on the front cover is a series of odd little proverbs , reading in translation , ' the Light - Blue Book is a book ; a little trout is called a fish , every bird is called a bird , the nest of the wren is called a nest ' .
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Requesting to be shown backwards , one of the privates was ordered to accompany him ; after waiting outside the door until his patience was exhausted , he called to Allan , but receiving no answer , he opened the door , and was filled ...
Requesting to be shown backwards , one of the privates was ordered to accompany him ; after waiting outside the door until his patience was exhausted , he called to Allan , but receiving no answer , he opened the door , and was filled ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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Allan appear auld began body boys called carried century chap chapbooks chapman clothes collection coming cries death door drink East Lothian Edinburgh English entered fair father fell four friends Gaelic give Glasgow Haggart hand head hear heard heart Jack James John keep King land lass leave live look Maggy means mind morning never night o'er pass person play poem poor popular present printed published reached remained Robertson round Saltmarket Scotland Scots Scottish shillings ship side soldiers song soon sure taken tell There's thing thought till took town true turn Wallace weather whole wife wind woman wonderful young
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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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