Buchan |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page 1
... probably be defined to - day - and not incorrectly - as a large and important district of Aberdeenshire , devoted mainly to the growing of crops and the rearing of cattle , the prosecution of the herring fishery , and the excavation and ...
... probably be defined to - day - and not incorrectly - as a large and important district of Aberdeenshire , devoted mainly to the growing of crops and the rearing of cattle , the prosecution of the herring fishery , and the excavation and ...
Page 7
... frequented by herons , or , more probably , from the Saxon word hyrne or hurne — a corner or mark . + Hare or Hoar , signifying a border or boundary . a mile , when it reaches the Woof or Oof BOUNDARIES AND GENERAL FEATURES . 7.
... frequented by herons , or , more probably , from the Saxon word hyrne or hurne — a corner or mark . + Hare or Hoar , signifying a border or boundary . a mile , when it reaches the Woof or Oof BOUNDARIES AND GENERAL FEATURES . 7.
Page 8
... Probably a corruption of elf or elve , woof or oof , in the Buchan dialect , signifying a fairy or wicked sprite . A boundary - stone is also termed the Youffing - stone , from a practice familiar to those who have ever been present at ...
... Probably a corruption of elf or elve , woof or oof , in the Buchan dialect , signifying a fairy or wicked sprite . A boundary - stone is also termed the Youffing - stone , from a practice familiar to those who have ever been present at ...
Page 20
... probably by a love of the marvellous -comes to our assistance . The traditionary tale of " The Sands of Forvie " is , that , about four hundred years ago , the proprietor to whom the parish then belonged , died , leaving his lands to ...
... probably by a love of the marvellous -comes to our assistance . The traditionary tale of " The Sands of Forvie " is , that , about four hundred years ago , the proprietor to whom the parish then belonged , died , leaving his lands to ...
Page 30
... probably lain there since the demolition of the castle . The plate is now in the possession of the Earl of Erroll , at Slains Castle . In close vicinity , to the north of the castle , is a copious spring of beautifully clear water ...
... probably lain there since the demolition of the castle . The plate is now in the possession of the Earl of Erroll , at Slains Castle . In close vicinity , to the north of the castle , is a copious spring of beautifully clear water ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbey Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Aberdour Alexander Fraser Architecture Auchmedden Baird Banff Banffshire Journal Barclay barony Brae Bruce Brucklay Buchan Field Club building built burgh Burn Cairn Cairnbulg called century chapel chapter Cheyne churchyard coast Comyn Crimond Cruden Daily Free Press daughter Deir died district Earl Marischal Earl of Buchan Earl of Erroll east eldest Ellon erected farm Fedderat feet Fergus Forbes formerly Forvie Fraserburgh Frasers of Philorth Fyvie Gamrie George Gight Gordon granted Haddo harbour hill inscription Inverugie James John Keith King King-Edward Kinmundy laird lands late Longside Lonmay married memory mile minister Mormond mound neighbourhood old church Old Deer parish church Peterhead Pitfour Pitsligo present proprietor Rattray remains river road Robert rocks ruins Scotland Scottish Notes side Sir Alexander Slains Castle Statistical Account stone Strichen succeeded Thomas tower town Troup Turriff Ugie village wall William Ythan
Popular passages
Page 421 - wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud; Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Page 211 - Our life is but a winter day. Some only breakfast and away. Others to dinner stay, and are full fed ; The oldest man but sups and goes to bed. Large is his debt who lingers out the day ; Who goes tbe soonest has the least to pay.
Page 415 - Flowers, fresh in hue, and many in their class, Implore the pausing step, and with their dyes, Dance in the soft breeze in a fairy mass; The sweetness of the violet's deep-blue eyes, Kiss'd by the breath of heaven, seems colour'd by its skies.
Page 63 - Rock, is a double protuberance of stone, open to the main sea on one side, and parted from the land by a very narrow channel on the other. It has its name and its colour from the dung of innumerable sea-fowls, which, in the spring, choose this place as convenient for incubation.
Page 53 - inches, and his proportions most exact. His countenance and deportment exhibited such a mixture of the sublime and the graceful as I have never seen united in any other man. He often put me in mind of an ancient hero; and I remember Dr. Samuel Johnson was positive that he resembled Homer's character of Sarpedon.
Page 57 - aik, And the aik stands fast, The Hays shall flourish, and their good grey hawk Shall nocht flinch before the blast, But when the root of the aik decays, And the mistletoe dwines on its withered breast, The grass shall grow on Errol's hearth-stane, And the corbie roup [croak] in the falcon's nest.
Page 421 - And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless save to the cranny ing wind, Or holding dark communion with the
Page 73 - Micah vi., 8—" He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ?
Page 148 - Here man more purely lives, less oft doth fall, More promptly rises, walks with stricter heed, More safely rests, dies happier, is freed Earlier from cleansing fires, and gains withal A brighter crown.
Page 249 - When the family were felicitating each other on his escape, he pleasantly observed, "A poor prize had they obtained it—an old, dying man ! " That the friends who lived in the house—the hourly witnesses of his virtues, and the objects of his regard, who saw him escape all the dangers that surrounded