10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUIDY»
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bluidy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bluidy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Scottish Ballads; Collected and Illustrated
Robert Chambers. She hadna weel gane up the stair, And entered in her touir,
When four-and-twenty beltit knichts Came riding to the bouir. “ Weel may you sit
and see, ladye ! Weel may you sit and see! Did you not see a bluidy squire Come
...
2
The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat Tyler
Och, the price o' bluid ! the price of bluid ! a fearfu' bluidy offering to the evil one !' '
To the scales with it,' cried Campbell in triumph, as he laid it in the balance. ' A
dainty bit heavy wee cup," cried he, ' at 31. 12j. per oz. ; this will make a pretty ...
3
Tales of Woman's Trials
Och, the price o' bluid ! the price of bluid ! afearfu' bluidy offeringto the evil one !' '
To the scales with it,' cried Campbell in triumph, as he laid it in the balance. ' A
dainty bit heavy wee cup,' cried he, ' at 3/. 12s. per oz. ; this will make a pretty ...
4
The Blue Fairy Book: A Large Collection
The leelangnight ther damosel sabbed and sang: "Sevenlang yearsI served
forthee,The glassy hillIclamb for thee, The bluidy shirt I wrang for thee;Andwilt
thou nowauken and turn to me?" Next day she kentna what to do for grief. She
then brak ...
5
Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
This ane fell, and that ane fell, and a third was knocked ower, and a fourth got a
bluidy nose, and so on ,' and there was such a noise and din, as would have
deaved the workmen of Babel, when, 10! and behold, the ball played bounce
mostly ...
Meghan turned tolook ather brotherand snapped,“What doesit appear Iam doing,
daft mon? I'mclimbing outthe bluidy window!” “Och, Meggie! I see that you'
reclimbing out the bluidy window, but why are you climbing out the bluidy window
?
7
Popular ballads and songs, from tradition, MSS., and scarce ...
O lift me up upon your back ; Tak me to yon wall fair ; You'll wash my bluidy
wounds o'er and o'er, And see an they'll bleed nae mair f. " And ye'll tak aff my
Hollin sark, And riv't frae gair to gair ; Ye'll stap it in my bluidy wounds, And see
an' ...
8
English and Scottish Ballads, Volumes II, III and IV. of 8
"O lift me uponyour back,15 Take me to yon well fair, And wash my bluidy
wounds o'erando'er, And they'll ne'erbleed nae mair." He's lifted his brother upon
his back, Ta'en himto yon well fair;20 He's wash'd his bluidy wounds o'er and o'er
, But ...
9
Atheneum, Or, Spirit of the English Magazines
Before ye could say Jack Robison, out flew the flesher ill bis killing-clditbj ; his
face was as red as 6re, and he had his pouch full of bluidy knives buckled to his
side. I skreighed out in his face when I looked at him, but he didna stop a moment
...
10
The Spirit of the English Magazines
To say naething connect- — and the scarce years —and the ed with the play-
acting business, bluidy guilloteening ower-bye amang which was immediately
before, — the French blackguards — and the first cam Mungo Glen's misfortune ...
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUIDY»
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bluidy is used in the context of the following news items.
Wee Ginger Dug: SNP - mad, bad and dangerous you know
If anything, it's given it a boost in that very Scottish “oh ye bluidy think so, ah'll show ye then” sort of a way. Labour had predicted that in the last ... «The National, Apr 15»
Ode to a Haggis: Celebrating Robbie Burns Day
Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash, O how unfit! But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread, Clap in his walie nieve a ... «durhamregion.com, Jan 15»
Edinburgh's Most Haunted: Mackenzie Poltergeist
... Mackenzie, a former Lord Advocate whose persecution of the Covenanters in the 17th century earned him the nickname Bluidy Mackenzie. «Edinburgh Evening News, Oct 14»
Scottish Independence and the Old West Lothian Question
In the 1670s, an ancestor, Bluidy Tam Dalyell, first raised the Royal Scots Greys in order to hunt down Covenanters. His descendant was ... «Huffington Post UK, Sep 14»
Och! There's a sinful Highlander among these new releases
What could a bluidy Irishman and a sheltered miss find in common? Desire. Festive Persuasion by Charlene Roberts (Ellora's Cave Blush). «USA TODAY, Oct 13»
Declaration triggers a clash over democratic ideals
... George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, better known as “bluidy Mackenzie”, persecutor of the later covenanters, who would have no truck with the ... «Scotsman, Sep 12»
Favorite Designers: Old Tom Morris
... "Klondyke" and "Dell" - Lahinch's two most memorable moments; the terrifying Cape hole at Royal North Devon; the always engaging "Bluidy Burn" at Cruden ... «Cybergolf National, Jul 11»
Owner calls time on historic pub
... known as Covenanters - during the so-called "killing times" when "bluidy Claverhouse" and his dragoons hunted them across the hillsides. «BBC News, Nov 06»
Teenagers deny violating corpse
Mackenzie was a prosecutor for Charles the Second and earned the nickname "Bluidy Mackenzie" for vigorously pursuing Covenanters whom ... «BBC News, Mar 04»
