The every day book: or a guide to the year: describing the popular amusements, sports, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events incident to the three hundred and sixty-five days in past and present timesWilliam Tegg, 1866 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 7
... Scotland , commencing on New - year's eve , there was not room in the last sheet of the former volume , to in- clude the following interesting communica- tion . It is , here , not out of place , because , in fact , the usage runs into ...
... Scotland , commencing on New - year's eve , there was not room in the last sheet of the former volume , to in- clude the following interesting communica- tion . It is , here , not out of place , because , in fact , the usage runs into ...
Page 8
... Scotland , for there was an- ther king in Scotland that hanged Johne Armstrong with his fellows , Sym the aird , and mony other mae . " He then makes ' a long narracione of the oppres- sion of the poor by the taking of the corse ...
... Scotland , for there was an- ther king in Scotland that hanged Johne Armstrong with his fellows , Sym the aird , and mony other mae . " He then makes ' a long narracione of the oppres- sion of the poor by the taking of the corse ...
Page 9
... Scotland my heart grew so cold To see a little nation so stout and so bold , So stout and so bold , so frank and so free ! Call upon Galgacus to fight wi ' me If national partiality does not deceive us , we think this speech points out ...
... Scotland my heart grew so cold To see a little nation so stout and so bold , So stout and so bold , so frank and so free ! Call upon Galgacus to fight wi ' me If national partiality does not deceive us , we think this speech points out ...
Page 10
... Scotland bred . Chief . What can you cure ? The doctor then relates his skill in sur- gery . Chief . What will ye tak to cure this man ? Doctor . Ten pound and a bottle of wine . & c . Chief . Will six not do ? Doctor . No , you must go ...
... Scotland bred . Chief . What can you cure ? The doctor then relates his skill in sur- gery . Chief . What will ye tak to cure this man ? Doctor . Ten pound and a bottle of wine . & c . Chief . Will six not do ? Doctor . No , you must go ...
Page 11
... Scotland appears formerly to have viewed these festivities exactly as the Roman church in France did in the sixteenth century ; and , as a proof of this , and of the style in which the sport was an- ciently conducted in the parish of ...
... Scotland appears formerly to have viewed these festivities exactly as the Roman church in France did in the sixteenth century ; and , as a proof of this , and of the style in which the sport was an- ciently conducted in the parish of ...
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