The Scottish Antiquary: Or, Northern Notes & QueriesT. and A. Constable, 1891 |
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Aberdeen Agnes Alex Alexander Ross Alexr Andrew April Archibald arms Bailie Balgownie bapt baptized a daur baptized a son baptized called Bishop born brother Bruce Burgh Campbell Captain Charles charter Church Closs Craigie dated daughter David Ross died Donald Douglas Dunblane Duncan Earl Edinburgh eldest Elizabeth father Fraser George Gordon granted Henry Hugh Hugh Ross Huguenot Inverness Isobel James Stewart Janet Jean John Erskine John Ross Jonet July June Katherine King Kirk Kirk Session Kirkwall Lady Laird lands late Lindsay Livingston Lord M'Culloch M'Kenzie March Margaret marriage married Mary Mester Ship minister Murray named Novr Ogilvy Orkney parish Patrick pedigree Regiment Register Robert Rosyth Sasine Scotland Scots Scott Scottish Scottish Antiquary seal seat Session Sinclair Sir John Smith Spors spouse Stewart of Rosyth Stirling Thomas tyme Walter Walter Ross wife William Ross witness Writer Wynd
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Side 40 - If you go to the bacon-flick cut me a good bit ; Cut, cut and low, beware of your maw. Cut, cut, and round, beware of your thumb, That me and my merry men may have some : Sing, fellows, sing, hag-man, ha...
Side 102 - That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above a musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.
Side 154 - this is a sad warning, I must home to work while it is called day, for the night cometh when no man can work. I put that text many a year ago on my dial-stone ; but it often preached in vain.
Side 115 - A general Description of the East Coast of Scotland from Edinburgh to Cullen. Including a brief account of the Universities of St. Andrews and Aberdeen ; of the trade and manufactures in the large towns, and the improvement of the country,
Side 103 - Tammie found its hot breath like fire on his face: the long arms were stretched out to seize the unhappy man. To avoid, if possible, the monster's clutch, Tammie swerved as near as he could to the loch ; in doing so one of his feet went into the loch, splashing up some water on the foreleg of the monster, whereat the horse gave a snort like thunder and shied over to the other side of the road, and Tammie felt the wind of Nuckelavee's clutches as he narrowly escaped the monster's grip. Tammie saw...
Side 74 - Hockantibus, in some manors of theirs in Hants, where the men hock the women on Monday, and the contrary on Tuesday; the meaning of it is, that on that day, the women in merriment stop the way with ropes, and pull passengers to them, desiring something to be laid out in pious uses.
Side 40 - If you go to the bacon-flick, cut me a good bit; Cut, cut and low, beware of your maw; Cut, cut and round, beware of your thumb, That me and my merry men may have some, Sing, fellows, sing, Hagman-heigh.
Side 24 - ... shorter time, as it findeth apt bodies for the nature of the disease. The Queen kept her bed six days: there was no appearance of danger, nor many that die of the disease, except some old folks. My Lord of Moray is now presently in it, the Lord of Lethington hath had it, and I am ashamed to say that I have been free from it," continues the facetious diplomatist, " seeing it seeketh acquaintance at all men's hands.
Side 24 - Immediately upon the Queen's arrival here, she fell acquainted with a new disease, that is common in this town, called here the New Acquaintance...
Side 102 - Lord be aboot me, an' tak' care o' me, as I am oot on no evil intent this night!" Tammie was always regarded as rough and foolhardy. Anyway, he determined, as the best of two evils, to face the foe, and so walked resolutely yet slowly forward. He soon discovered to his horror that the gruesome creature approaching him was no other than the dreaded Nuckelavee. The lower part of this terrible monster, as seen by Tammie, was like a great horse with flappers like fins about his legs, with a mouth as...