| 1899 - 666 pagine
...he had met at Friars Carse : — Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnnie Groats — If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, takin' notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. By some auld, houlet-haanted biggin, Or kirk deserted by... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Sands - 1899 - 340 pagine
...Having heard the reply, of course I must in duty make a note of it to satisfy the shade of Burns. " If there's a hole in a" your coats I rede you tent it, A chiel's amang ye takin' notes, And faith he'll prent it." We would have been off for Buenos Ayres,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1901 - 444 pagine
...LATE CAPTAIN GROSE'S PEREGRINATIONS THRO' SCOTLAND, COLLECTING THE ANTIQUITIES OF THAT KINGDOM. HEAR, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk...rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, If in your bounds ye chance tu light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O' stature short, but genius bright,... | |
| John Campbell Shairp - 1901 - 224 pagine
...met at Friars Carse : " Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Haidenkirk to Johnnie Groata — If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, takin' notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. " By some auld, houlet-haunted biggin, Or kirk deserted by... | |
| 1906 - 646 pagine
...Fine Eyes" THE LIFE DECEMBER, 1906 MOTES OF THE WNTF CONVENTION (Held in Chicago, Oct. 23-26, '06.) If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it: A chile's amang you tukin notes, And, faith, hell prent it. —BURNS. /"CONVENTION assembled in the YMCA... | |
| 1902 - 698 pagine
...him being that beginning: Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat's; If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it: A chiel's amang you takin' notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. The last two lines are often quoted by... | |
| Peter Handyside M'Kerlie - 1906 - 704 pagine
...is perhaps better known to the Scottish public than any other portion of the district : — " Hear, Land o' Cakes and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to...there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it ; A chiel's amang you takin' notes, And, faith, he'll prent it," In the first volume, first edition, a... | |
| Robert Burns - 1909 - 692 pagine
...ANTIQUITIES OF THAT KINGDOM HEAR, land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's ; — If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you takin notes, And faith he'll prent it : If in your bounds you chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel... | |
| David Masson - 1914 - 268 pagine
...the well-known warning : " Hear, land o' Cakes, and brither Scots Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat's : If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you, tent it : A chiel's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it." The very reverse of such a "chiel" was... | |
| 1921 - 1022 pagine
...humorous verses, beginning- — Hear, land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maiden-Kirk to Johnie Groats, If there's a hole in a' your coats I rede you tent it ; A duel's amang you taking notes, And faith, he'll print it ! The other begins — Thou ling'ring Star,... | |
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