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 104
... for they cou'd gi ' ony body o'er to the de'il when they liket : They did not gar [ make ] fouks learn to read and pray like our new ministers , but thump on your breast , strake your fingers o'er aboon your nose , tell your beads ...
... for they cou'd gi ' ony body o'er to the de'il when they liket : They did not gar [ make ] fouks learn to read and pray like our new ministers , but thump on your breast , strake your fingers o'er aboon your nose , tell your beads ...
Page 192
At last her feet , I sang to see't , Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; And e'er I wed anither jad , I'll wallop in a tow . The weary pund , & c . pound - weight bemp fibre stone - weight ( usu . 14 pounds ) [ of flax wall recess fire ...
At last her feet , I sang to see't , Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; And e'er I wed anither jad , I'll wallop in a tow . The weary pund , & c . pound - weight bemp fibre stone - weight ( usu . 14 pounds ) [ of flax wall recess fire ...
Page 299
Be3 - h.4 When the Wars are all O'er Verses which describe the economic consequences of war for the civilian population , in combination with an element of protest . Tune in Greig - Duncan No. 1742 . As I was a travelling the country up ...
Be3 - h.4 When the Wars are all O'er Verses which describe the economic consequences of war for the civilian population , in combination with an element of protest . Tune in Greig - Duncan No. 1742 . As I was a travelling the country up ...
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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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