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Author : Scottish readings
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Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book The book of Scottish readings in prose and verse. Ed. by J.A. Mair written by Scottish readings and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Allan Mair
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781356939848
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (398 download)
Download or read book The Book of Scottish Readings in Prose and Verse. Ed. by J.A. Mair written by James Allan Mair and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Scottish Readings
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230168388
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (683 download)
Download or read book The Book of Scottish Readings in Prose and Verse. Ed. by J. A. Mair written by Scottish Readings and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ... compounded of warm ale, whisky, and sugar--a most heady mixture--which was carried about in copper kettles, and dispensed in the streets, as well as in every household favoured by the visit of a first-foot. But the kettle with its hot pint has long been superseded by the everlasting whiskybottle. First-footing is still in high favour amongst the mass of the population, great faith being placed in the good or bad luck attending a first-foot or individual who first enters a house on New Year's morning; and it so happens that the man or woman enjoying the reputation of being lucky is specially solicited to act as first-foot to several families, who keep their doors fast locked till the expected visitor arrives. The first-foot must not enter a house empty-handed, and therefore brings bread and cheese, in addition to the indispensable bottle. "The folk will be visiting you with their bottles on New Year's morning," said a clerical friend to old George Cooper, the present centenarian of Caithness. "Ay," answered George,"they only bring bottles to my house; but when they gang to yours, they tak' a nine-gallon cask." The most extraordinary and inexplicable Hogmanay custom in Scotland is that called "burning the clavie," which annually enlivens the fishing-village of Burghead, on the Moray Firth. Its origin and import have hitherto baffled the researches of the learned. The "clavie" consists chiefly of a tar-barrel, which, being ignited in the gloaming, is carried about the town in triumph, and then deposited on the top of a neighbouring eminence, from which, however, it is speedily displaced, and rolled down to the bottom. The unmeaning ceremony is concluded by the crowd knocking the blazing...
Author : James Allan MAIR
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Total Pages : pages
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Total Pages : 316 pages
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Author : James Allan Mair
Publisher : Glasgow ; London : Cameron and Ferguson
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Total Pages : 422 pages
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Author : James Allan Mair
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Total Pages : 215 pages
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Author : James Allan 1843-1875 Mair
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ISBN 13 : 9781360677552
Total Pages : 236 pages
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Total Pages : 1432 pages
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Download or read book Publisher and Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Author : James Allan Mair
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528083263
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book The Book of Scottish Readings written by James Allan Mair and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of Scottish Readings: In Prose and Verse, From the Works of Popular Scottish Authors It will be observed that, besides a variety of Poems, Stories, and Sketches in Englz's/z, the Selection embraces specimens of the Scoifz's/z tongue in its old and also its more recent forms; and that the Highland, Lowland, and east-coast dialects are well represented. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Total Pages : 1066 pages
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Total Pages : 520 pages
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Total Pages : 214 pages
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Author : James Allan Mair
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Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book The Book of Scottish Readings in Prose and Verse from the Works of Popular Authors written by James Allan Mair and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Allen Mair
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Total Pages : 217 pages
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