| Walter Scott - 1864 - 404 pages
...low rustic rogues. Borrowing-days, Ihe three last days of March, 0. 8. " March borrowed frae Aprils, Three days, an' they were ill ; The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snawan' sleet, The third o' them was sic a freeze, That the birds' legs stack to the trees.'' See Note,... | |
| 1868 - 872 pages
...lend me days three, I '11 find a way to gar [make] them die !' The first o' them was wind and wect, The second o' them was snaw and sleet, The third o' them was sic a freeze, It froze the birds' feet to the trees. But when the borrowed days were gane, The three silly hoggs... | |
| 1868 - 858 pages
...hoggs on yonder hill ; And if you '11 lend me days three, I '11 find a way to gar [make] them die !' The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snaw and slett, The third o' them was sic a freeze, It froze the birds' feet to the trees. But when the borrowed... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1869 - 420 pages
...most common rhyme on this subject, in Scotland, goes thus: March borrowed from April Three days, and they were ill : The first o' them was wind and weet...snaw and sleet ; The third o' them was sic a freeze, A Stirlingshire version is more dramatic, and gives the name of one of the months in nearly the original... | |
| St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1869 - 348 pages
...see three hoggets on a hill, And if you will lend me dayes three, I'll find a way to make them dee. The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o'...snaw and sleet, The third o' them was sic a freeze, 1 1 froze the birds' nebs to the trees : When the three days were past and gane, The three silly hoggets... | |
| Ephraim Chambers - 1870 - 848 pages
...hoggs on yonder hill j And if you'll lend me days three, I'll find" a way to gar [make] them die!' The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o'...snaw and sleet, The third o' them was sic a freeze, It froze the birds' feet to the treee. But when the borrowed days were gane. The three silly hoggs... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1870 - 416 pages
...three hoggs on yonder hill ; And if you '11 lend me dayis three, I '11 find a way to gar them die !' The first o' them was wind and weet ; The second o'...snaw and sleet ; The third o' them was sic a freeze, It froze the birds' feet to the trees. When the three days were past and gane, The silly poor hoggs... | |
| Walter Scott - 1879 - 492 pages
...Bordel, brothel. Borrell-loons, low rustic rogues. Borrowing-days, the three last days of March, OS "March borrowed frae Aprile, Three days, an' they...them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snaw an' The third o' them was sic a freeze, That the birds' legs stack to the trees." See Note, Heart of... | |
| Walter Scott - 1879 - 440 pages
...Borrell-loons, low rustic rogues. Borrowing-da^s, the three last days of March, OS " March borrowed frae Aprils Three days, an' they were ill ; The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snaw an sleet, The third o' them was sic a freeze, That the birds' legs stack to the lrf.es." See Note,... | |
| 1879 - 876 pages
...hoggs ou yonder hill ; And if you'll lend me days three, I'll find a way to gar [make] them die 1" The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was gnaw and sleet, The third o* them was sic a freeze, It froze the birds' feet to the trees, But when... | |
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