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 107
But dear woman , what an a body is that de'il , it ev'ry body is sae fear'd for him , is't na him they ca ' auld nick , what fore do they ca ' him auld nick ? JANET . A dead woman I dinna ken what like a body he is , but they say ...
But dear woman , what an a body is that de'il , it ev'ry body is sae fear'd for him , is't na him they ca ' auld nick , what fore do they ca ' him auld nick ? JANET . A dead woman I dinna ken what like a body he is , but they say ...
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I wonder what ails every body , and what they're a ' bustling about , Some's 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 ...
I wonder what ails every body , and what they're a ' bustling about , Some's 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 ...
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Òran Gaisge Seilge , do Bhàillidh Bharraigh , le fear Bhatarsaigh Heroic Hunting Song to the Factor of Barra , by the Laird of Vatersay This is a particularly interesting song , not so much for its literary merits , but rather for the ...
Òran Gaisge Seilge , do Bhàillidh Bharraigh , le fear Bhatarsaigh Heroic Hunting Song to the Factor of Barra , by the Laird of Vatersay This is a particularly interesting song , not so much for its literary merits , but rather for the ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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