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" I'll find a way to make them dee. The first o' them was wind and weet, The second o' them was snaw and sleet, • Hogg, a sheep in its second year. "
Descriptive Catalogue of the Writings of Sir Walter Scott - Page 30
by John Thomson - 1898 - 106 pages
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Waverly Novels, Volume 50

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,...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 2

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...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2

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...
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The popular rhymes of Scotland, with illustr., collected by R. Chambers

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...
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The Headington Parish Magazine, Volume 1

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...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2

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...
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Popular Rhymes of Scotland

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...
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Waverly Novels: Castle dangerous II. Surgeon's daughter. Glossary

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...
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The Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous: With General Glossary

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,...
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Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 3

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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