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 59
... sowens had been that thin , so the good- man being a sworn birley - man of that barony , came to survey the sowens before they went on the fire , and actually swore they were o'er thin , and she swore by her conscience they would be ...
... sowens had been that thin , so the good- man being a sworn birley - man of that barony , came to survey the sowens before they went on the fire , and actually swore they were o'er thin , and she swore by her conscience they would be ...
Page 60
... sowens at their own leisure . I then turned towards the east , through a place called Slamanen , and was lodged one night near a place called Tod's bughts , where there was a boul- horn'd [ obstinate ] goodwife , but a very civil ...
... sowens at their own leisure . I then turned towards the east , through a place called Slamanen , and was lodged one night near a place called Tod's bughts , where there was a boul- horn'd [ obstinate ] goodwife , but a very civil ...
Page 61
... sowens to steer , until they were near ready , when the goodwife ordered the lad to take the old blankets , and shew me to my bed in the barn ; I then gave the sowens their last turn , and having about the bigness of a nut of C - IS - p ...
... sowens to steer , until they were near ready , when the goodwife ordered the lad to take the old blankets , and shew me to my bed in the barn ; I then gave the sowens their last turn , and having about the bigness of a nut of C - IS - p ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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