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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This good old woman's husband , no methodist he , But a true christian both jovial and free ; He loved his brown jug like a good honest man , And his house was hung round with bacon & ham . George loved this man's wife , & often went to ...
This good old woman's husband , no methodist he , But a true christian both jovial and free ; He loved his brown jug like a good honest man , And his house was hung round with bacon & ham . George loved this man's wife , & often went to ...
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Round In The Clydesdale Wedding . Edinburgh : printed for the booksellers in town and country , 1822 . GUL . Bh13 - d . 16 Long Life to the Petticoat The happy couple brought to bed by the guests following a wedding .
Round In The Clydesdale Wedding . Edinburgh : printed for the booksellers in town and country , 1822 . GUL . Bh13 - d . 16 Long Life to the Petticoat The happy couple brought to bed by the guests following a wedding .
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... and was beating his back upon the steps of the stairs . Haggart rushed past them , crossed the stairs as steadily as he could , pulled the key from his pocket , and opened the outer door . On getting out at the door he ran round ...
... and was beating his back upon the steps of the stairs . Haggart rushed past them , crossed the stairs as steadily as he could , pulled the key from his pocket , and opened the outer door . On getting out at the door he ran round ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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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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