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 108
... kirk , and name them baith name and sirname , and say there sits sherney Meg o ' the mill , stumpy May o ' the moss , sniveling Kate wi ' her hodle - makenster coat , they came into the kirk bobbing their hin 9 6 On brownies and elfshot ...
... kirk , and name them baith name and sirname , and say there sits sherney Meg o ' the mill , stumpy May o ' the moss , sniveling Kate wi ' her hodle - makenster coat , they came into the kirk bobbing their hin 9 6 On brownies and elfshot ...
Page 184
... Kirk - door , cloud But yet nor kirk nor counterie , Quoth they , can ask the taudy fee ; 21 Tell me in words just twa or three , The deil a plack , For tary - breeks shou'd ay gae free , An ' he's the Clark . I was then dumb ; how I ...
... Kirk - door , cloud But yet nor kirk nor counterie , Quoth they , can ask the taudy fee ; 21 Tell me in words just twa or three , The deil a plack , For tary - breeks shou'd ay gae free , An ' he's the Clark . I was then dumb ; how I ...
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... Kirk Wad Let Me Be , The , 239 Kirk Yetholm , 392 Kirrcormock's Bonello ( MacTaggart ) , 159 knowledge , empowerment through , 40 Knox , John , 166 Kyle , Ayrshire , 390 Ladies Amusements , The , 100 Laing , David , 209 Laird of Cool's ...
... Kirk Wad Let Me Be , The , 239 Kirk Yetholm , 392 Kirrcormock's Bonello ( MacTaggart ) , 159 knowledge , empowerment through , 40 Knox , John , 166 Kyle , Ayrshire , 390 Ladies Amusements , The , 100 Laing , David , 209 Laird of Cool's ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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