The popular rhymes of Scotland, with illustr., collected by R. ChambersRobert Chambers 1869 |
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Aberdeenshire Aiken Drum auld wife bairn baith bannock Berwickshire birdie birds bonny Borrowing Days boys ca'd called Carse of Gowrie castle cock couldna cried dance daughter Diocese of Aberdeen district dochter Earl Edinburgh fairy fire Forfarshire frae ga'e gaed gane gang gaun gie ye Glenlogie goodman goodwife Gordon hame hill Hogmanay horse James Janet Jock Johnie king kirk lady laird Lord mair married maun merry-ma-tanzie mony mother Mozie muckle ne'er neighbours never night owre parish Pathhead Peeblesshire popular Poussie prophecy rhyme round Roxburghshire says Scotland Scottish Selkirkshire sheep sing stane story sword syne tell There's Thomas the Rhymer thou took town verse wadna weather wee Robin weel Whuppity Stoorie winna young Yule
Popular passages
Page 134 - The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush So early in the morning.
Page 378 - The west wind always brings wet weather, The east wind wet and cold together, The south wind surely brings us rain, The north wind blows it back again. " If the sun in red should set, The next day surely will be wet ; If the sun should set in grey, The next will be a rainy day.
Page 396 - This is the tree that never grew; This is the bird that never flew ; This is the bell that never rang; And this the fish that never swam.
Page 110 - I saw a Peacock 1SAW a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing comet drop down hail I saw a cloud with ivy circled round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I saw...
Page 150 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
Page 380 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Page 213 - O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light,' And they waded through red blude to the knee ; For a' the blude that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o
Page 199 - In fir tar is, In oak none is, . ' In mud eel is, In clay none is ; Goat eat ivy, Mare eat oats." "Multiplication is vexation...
Page 126 - And feed him up wi' milk and bread. A refusal must be atoned for by a wadd or forfeit. A piece of money, a knife, or any little thing which the owner prizes, will serve. When a sufficient number of persons have made forfeits, the business of redeeming them is commenced, and generally it is then that the amusement is greatest. The duty of kissing some person, or some part of the room, is usually assigned as a means of redeeming one's wadds. Often for this purpose a lad has to kiss the very lips he...
Page 350 - Burn — To cure a burn, the following words are used: — " Here come I to cure a burnt sore ; If the dead knew what the living endure, The burnt sore would burn no more.