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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keep me , quo ' the lass , frae a ' temptations to sin , altho ' thou be but a callen [ young man ] , heth I'll rather ly wi ' Sannock Garner . No , no , cries the goodwife , he's no be here the night .
keep me , quo ' the lass , frae a ' temptations to sin , altho ' thou be but a callen [ young man ] , heth I'll rather ly wi ' Sannock Garner . No , no , cries the goodwife , he's no be here the night .
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I know not said I , does he keep an ale - house ? O na , said he , he preaches every Sunday ... Here I bought the weaver's dinner for twopence , and then set out again , keeping my course westward . It being now night , I came to a ...
I know not said I , does he keep an ale - house ? O na , said he , he preaches every Sunday ... Here I bought the weaver's dinner for twopence , and then set out again , keeping my course westward . It being now night , I came to a ...
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Oh hon , O rie ! cries puffing Meg in passion , For I have smoak'd cow - dung this day , to keep my pipe in fashion . And a wae betide that Wilkite crew , who sow'd this curs'd sedition ; And puff'd the Yankies to this pitch , to keep ...
Oh hon , O rie ! cries puffing Meg in passion , For I have smoak'd cow - dung this day , to keep my pipe in fashion . And a wae betide that Wilkite crew , who sow'd this curs'd sedition ; And puff'd the Yankies to this pitch , to keep ...
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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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