Legends of the Braes O' MarA. King [and] A. Troup, 1876 - 259 pagina's |
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Pagina 120 - 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 118 - 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 119 - 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 102 - John come kiss me now, John come kiss me now, John come kiss me by and by, And mak na mair adow.
Pagina 45 - I a' my fee, For ae blast o' the western wind, To blaw the reek frae thee." 0 then bespake her dochter dear — She was baith jimp and sma' : " O row me in a pair o' sheets, And tow me owre the wa'.
Pagina 120 - 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 118 - ... 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...
Pagina 119 - Five or six hundred men do rise early in the morning, and they do disperse themselves divers ways, and seven, eight, or ten miles compass, they do bring, or chase in, the deer in many herds, (two, three, or four hundred in a herd,) to such or such a place, as the noblemen shall appoint them ; then, when day is come, the lords and gentlemen of their companies do ride or go to the said places, sometimes wading up to the...
Pagina 119 - Thus, the first day, we travelled eight miles, where there were small cottages, built on purpose to lodge in, which they call Lonquhards. I thauk my good Lord Erskine, he commanded that I should always be lodged in his lodging : the kitchen being always on the side of a bank : many kettles and pots boiling, and many -spits turning and winding, with great variety of...
Pagina 120 - ... are chased down into the valley where we lay; then all the valley, on each side, being way-laid with a hundred couple of strong Irish greyhounds, they are all 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...