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 164
... gang to my Until I get a nod . Father , quo she , mither , quo she , Do what ye can , I'll no gang to my bed Till I get a man The wean , & c . bed pillow I hae as gude a craft rig , As made 164 Folk in Print : Scotland's Chapbook ...
... gang to my Until I get a nod . Father , quo she , mither , quo she , Do what ye can , I'll no gang to my bed Till I get a man The wean , & c . bed pillow I hae as gude a craft rig , As made 164 Folk in Print : Scotland's Chapbook ...
Page 311
... gang up nae fa ' to brak ' er banes . This type of relativist pastiche may be said to have been started by a Gael - Martin Martin from Skye who produced his description of the Hebrides in the 1690s . He related how a native of St Kilda ...
... gang up nae fa ' to brak ' er banes . This type of relativist pastiche may be said to have been started by a Gael - Martin Martin from Skye who produced his description of the Hebrides in the 1690s . He related how a native of St Kilda ...
Page 312
... gang , tru frost an ' snaw , He'd leave the sheep , the cattle and all the plaid kilt for trousers A ' to te Lalan toun , man An ' whin sheel come sheel get some wark To build a braw house ' mang te park ; Te name sheel hae's te mason's ...
... gang , tru frost an ' snaw , He'd leave the sheep , the cattle and all the plaid kilt for trousers A ' to te Lalan toun , man An ' whin sheel come sheel get some wark To build a braw house ' mang te park ; Te name sheel hae's te mason's ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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