 | Thomas Moule, William Westall - Great Britain - 1830 - 250 pages
...Gajashiel's, a favourite Scottish air, show the popular opinion of the Abbatial Refectory. . • . O the monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when...beef nor ale As long as their neighbours' lasted. r • ' • * ' • . ? The total length of this venerable pile, which is built in the form of a cross,... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pages
...demolished. Of the brotherhood of Melrose, it has been alleged in an old Scottish song — " O ! the MUM!,-; of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when they fasted...beef nor ale As long as their neighbours' lasted." That they had the means of making good cheer without encroaching on the larders of their neighbours,... | |
 | Scotland - 1834 - 186 pages
...establishment do not appear to have been behind their brethren in maintaining a good refectory :— " O, the monks of Melrose made gude kale, On Fridays...beef nor ale As long as their neighbours' lasted." ABBOT. EDINBURGH CASTLE. " See, yonder is the old castle !" The Castle of Edinburgh is built on a rock... | |
 | Thomas Moule - Great Britain - 1834 - 382 pages
...lines, from Galasheils, a favourite Scottish air, shew the popular opinion of the Abbatial Refectory. О the Monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when...beef nor ale As long as their neighbours' lasted. The total length of this venerable pile, which is built in the form of a cross, is two hundred and... | |
 | William Westall, Thomas Moule - Great Britain - 1834 - 454 pages
...lines, from Galasheils, a favourite Scottish air, shew the popular opinion of the Abbatial Refectory. 0 the Monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when...beef nor ale As long as their neighbours' lasted. The total length of this venerable pile, which is built in the form of a cross, is two hundred and... | |
 | Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 352 pages
...honourably mentioned in the old border ballad, — " O the monks of Melrose made gude kale On Friday, when they fasted ; They wanted neither beef nor ale, As long as their neighbours' lasted." This skull Scott had caused to be cleaned I and varnished, and placed it on a chest of drawers in his... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - English literature - 1835 - 336 pages
...in his well-known verse — The friars of Faile ne'er wanted ale, As long as their neebors' lasted ; The monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays when they fasted. In pursuing its way to the Ayr, the Faile passes through the park of Coilsfield — a name which will... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...Mary, and the monks were of the Ci stcrtian order. At the time of the Reformation, they shared in the general reproach of sensuality and irregularity thrown...the Roman churchmen. The old words of Galashiels, л favourite Scottish air, ran thus; О the monks of Melrose made gude kale* On Fridays, when they... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...churchmen. The old words of Galashiek, a favourite Scotch air, ran О the monks of M tiróse made gudc , St. Andrew Square. AM long u their neighbour*' lasted. i Kale. Broth. NOTE W. fTken buttress and buttress, Seem framed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 670 pages
...such verses as these: — " The Friars of Fail drank berry-brown ale, The best that e'er was tasted ; The Monks of Melrose made gude kale On Fridays, when they fasted. Saint Monancef sister, The gray priest kist her— Fiend save the company ! Sing hay trix, trim-go-trix,... | |
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O the monks of Melrose made gude kale * On Fridays when they fasted ; They wanted neither beef nor ale, As long as their neighbour's lasted. 
