GLEANINGS

OF

SCOTCH, ENGLISH, AND IRISH,

SCARCE

OLD BALLADS,

CHIEFLY

Tragical and historical;

Many of them connected with the localities of
Aberdeenshire, and to be found in no
other collection extant.

WITH

EXPLANATORY NOTES,

BY

PETER BUCHAN.

"On the lear'd days of Gawn Dunkell;
Our country then a tale cou'd tell,
Europe had nane mair snack and snel

At verse or prose;

Our kings, were poets too themsell,

Bauld and jocose."

Peterhead:

Printed by P. Buchan, and Sold by

LEWIS SMITH, Aberdeen; A. SANGSTER, and G.
MUDIE, Peterhead; A. & J. WILSON, Banff; G.
MAITLAND, Elgin: W. & D. LAING, and J.
DICK & Co. Edinburgh; & W.SUTHERLAND,

LONDON.
1825.

BIBL

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