Scottish Studies, Volume 32School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1993 - National characteristics, Scottish |
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Page 45
... turn about , and he would fold it away carefully afterwards . Well , he must have thought a lot of the benefit that would come from the quern when he gave us the Oban Times . It was spread out and the quern was set down on top of it ...
... turn about , and he would fold it away carefully afterwards . Well , he must have thought a lot of the benefit that would come from the quern when he gave us the Oban Times . It was spread out and the quern was set down on top of it ...
Page 57
... turn oot bright an aerly i the moarnin , although you wir goin hom to yoursel . ... AB : And ... while you were leading in the peats , then there would be actually building a stack ? ― - a ... somebody TT : Yes yes , they wir älways a ...
... turn oot bright an aerly i the moarnin , although you wir goin hom to yoursel . ... AB : And ... while you were leading in the peats , then there would be actually building a stack ? ― - a ... somebody TT : Yes yes , they wir älways a ...
Page 111
... turn until the child had been taken to church and christened . It was believed that evil could come upon an unchristened child if it was not watched over continually . In sickness , the neighbours would take it in turns to sit up with ...
... turn until the child had been taken to church and christened . It was believed that evil could come upon an unchristened child if it was not watched over continually . In sickness , the neighbours would take it in turns to sit up with ...
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Thomson Sheila Margaret Cregeen 19241993 1011 | 10 |
Donald A MacDonald Bleith Sailoiniga The Salonika Milling 3849 | 38 |
Alan Bruford Flitting Peats in North Yell 5069 | 50 |
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