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 104
... fouk and bless'd them , just as ye pay'd them ; a deed they were unco greedy o ' the penny , and pray'd ay to the dead fouk , and gard [ made ] the living pay them for't , and although they had play'd the loon wi ' a poor hizey she ...
... fouk and bless'd them , just as ye pay'd them ; a deed they were unco greedy o ' the penny , and pray'd ay to the dead fouk , and gard [ made ] the living pay them for't , and although they had play'd the loon wi ' a poor hizey she ...
Page 105
... fouk , and the gentles durst na cast out wi ' them , for they got a ' their sins pardon'd for the less siller . MAGGY . A dear woman that was unko like , the de'il wad get nae body then but the poor fouk , and them that had nae siller ...
... fouk , and the gentles durst na cast out wi ' them , for they got a ' their sins pardon'd for the less siller . MAGGY . A dear woman that was unko like , the de'il wad get nae body then but the poor fouk , and them that had nae siller ...
Page 107
... fouk says they're a ' dipped in cats blood and burnt bear strae [ barley straw ] , but I'm ay thinking the litster [ dyer ] doucks [ dips ] them in amang the broe [ tincture ] that they lit [ dye ] the black claith wi ' , and then sells ...
... fouk says they're a ' dipped in cats blood and burnt bear strae [ barley straw ] , but I'm ay thinking the litster [ dyer ] doucks [ dips ] them in amang the broe [ tincture ] that they lit [ dye ] the black claith wi ' , and then sells ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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