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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

"Selections from Five English Poets"


[26.] Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new, makes old cloth
look almost as well as the new.
[27.] Younkers, young people.
[28.] Eydent, diligent.
[29.] Jauk, trifle.
[30.] Gang, go.
[31.] Wha kens, who knows.
[32.] Neebor, neighbor.
[33.] Hafflins, half.
[34.] Nae, no.
[36.] Ben, inside.
[36.] No ill taen, not ill taken; _i.e._ Jenny's parents are pleased to
have the young man come in.
[37.] Cracks, chats.
[38.] Kye, cattle.
[39.] Blate and laithfu', shy and sheepish.
[40.] Wi' a woman's wiles, with a woman's penetration.
[41.] Sae, so.
[42.] The lave, the rest.
[43.] Ruth, pity, tenderness.
[44.] Healsome parritch, chief o' Scotia's food, wholesome porridge,
chief of Scotland's food.
[45.] Soupe, milk.
[46.] Hawkie, cow.
[47.] That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood, that beyond the wall
snugly chews her cud. In a cottage of this kind the cow lives under
the same roof with the family.
[48.] Her weel-hained kebbuck, fell, her well-saved cheese, pungent;
_i.e._ her carefully saved, or kept, strong cheese.
[49.] And aft he's pressed, and aft he ca's (pronounced like _cause_)
it guid, And oft he's urged, and oft he calls it good.


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