Legends of the braes o' Mar [by J. Grant].1861 - 80 pagina's |
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Pagina 8
... married , and settled in the country , under the appellation of Lum's Dane ( Lumsden ) , a name that has been continued to his descendants . Malcolm was much fatigued when he returned to his shooting- box in Loch Kinnord ; and when he ...
... married , and settled in the country , under the appellation of Lum's Dane ( Lumsden ) , a name that has been continued to his descendants . Malcolm was much fatigued when he returned to his shooting- box in Loch Kinnord ; and when he ...
Pagina 9
... married , and in due time had a son . When the widow's turn to supply the tax in favour of the monster drew near , having but one cow and few merks to purchase another , she cried out in sorrow and rage— " Nach truagh nach ' eil ah'aon ...
... married , and in due time had a son . When the widow's turn to supply the tax in favour of the monster drew near , having but one cow and few merks to purchase another , she cried out in sorrow and rage— " Nach truagh nach ' eil ah'aon ...
Pagina 22
... marriage or purchase , came to succeed one of these in the Coldrach , so that Finlay was installed into the Invercauld property . Seumas na Gruaig ( James of the flowing locks ) , Laird of Rothiemurchus , laid claim to Invercauld on the ...
... marriage or purchase , came to succeed one of these in the Coldrach , so that Finlay was installed into the Invercauld property . Seumas na Gruaig ( James of the flowing locks ) , Laird of Rothiemurchus , laid claim to Invercauld on the ...
Pagina 24
... married a lady of peculiarly aldermanic taste . A " choppin " of beef marrow must needs be served every day for her dinner . Cumming the Big's stores of good red gold and white money were in the fair way of being exhausted , and it was ...
... married a lady of peculiarly aldermanic taste . A " choppin " of beef marrow must needs be served every day for her dinner . Cumming the Big's stores of good red gold and white money were in the fair way of being exhausted , and it was ...
Pagina 26
... marriage of one of his retainers ; that the M'Intosh partisans got between him and the castle ; that the alarm was given , and that Cumming rushed to his stronghold , but , finding himself intercepted , directed his flight up Glen Tilt ...
... marriage of one of his retainers ; that the M'Intosh partisans got between him and the castle ; that the alarm was given , and that Cumming rushed to his stronghold , but , finding himself intercepted , directed his flight up Glen Tilt ...
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Aberdeen Abergeldie Aboyne Alastair Allancuaich arms Auchindryne Baron Baron Reid Beum Scaith Black Colonel Blellack Brachlie Brackley Braemar Braes of Mar brave brother Cam-Ruadh castle Castletown Cattenach Charles chief clan Cleansers Cluny Coldrach cried Cromar Dalmore daughter death dirk Donald Farquharson door Dubh Earl Earl of Fife Earl of Mar Ephiteach exclaimed eyes father fell Finlay followed Forbes friends Gairn gallant gentlemen Gillespie Glen Cluny Glen Isla Glen Muick Glen Shee Glenshee Gordon ha'e hand head heart hero Highland hills honour horse Huntly Inver Invercauld Inverey James John Kern killed lads lady laird Lamont lands Lochaber look Lord M'Intosh M'Kenzie MacRobaidh Mhoir Malcolm marched married Monaltrie Montrose morning never night party passed quoth replied returned round Seumas side sons sword Tarland tell thought told took Tullich turned wife William young
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Pagina 102 - Then, after we had staid there three hours, or thereabouts, we might perceive the deer appear on the hills round about us (their heads making a show like a wood), which, being followed close by the...
Pagina 101 - I found many of them armed for the hunting. As for their attire, any man, of what degree soever, that comes amongst them, must not disdain to wear it, for if they do...
Pagina 102 - The manner of the hunting is this: five or six hundred men do rise early in the morning, and they do disperse themselves divers ways, and seven, eight, or ten miles...
Pagina 101 - Their habit is shoes with but one sole apiece ; stockings (which they call short hose) made of a warm stuff of divers colours, which they call tartan : as for breeches, many of them, nor their forefathers never wore any, but a jerkin of the same stuff that their hose is of, their garters being bands or wreaths of hay or straw, with a plaid about their shoulders, which is a mantle of divers colours, of much finer and lighter stuff than their hose, with blue flat caps on their heads, a handkerchief...
Pagina 40 - It fell about the Martinmas, When the wind blew shrill and cauld, Said Edom o' Gordon to his men,
Pagina 102 - Thus, the first day, we travelled eight miles, where there were small cottages, built on purpose to lodge in, which they call Lonquhards.
Pagina 102 - Tinkhell, are chased down into the valley where we lay ; then all the valley on each side being waylaid with a hundred couple of strong Irish greyhounds, they are let loose as occasion serves upon the herd of deer, that with dogs, guns, arrows, dirks, and daggers, in the space of two hours, fourscore fat deer were slain...
Pagina 41 - I a' my fee, For ae blast o' the western wind, To blaw the reek frae thee." O then bespake her daughter dear, — She was baith jimp and sma': "O row' me in a pair o' sheets, And tow me owre the wa'!
Pagina 39 - ... of the place where they were to meet. John Gordon, Lord of Glenluce and Longormes, son to Alexander Gordon, Bishop of Galloway, Lord of the Bedchamber to the King of France, getting instantly notice of this, immediately acquainted the king, who forthwith...
Pagina 40 - As fast as she could drie *, To see if, by her fair speeches, She could with him agree. As...