10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUTHIE»
Discover the use of
couthie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
couthie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ingle-side Lilts: And Other Poems
MY AIN COUTHIE DAME. Air — " And sae will we yet." Wi' the gay and the witty
Aft blithesome I've been, Owre a guid reamin' cog, In the yill-house at e'en; But
sweeter are my joys, By the ingle-side at hame, Wi' my bonnie bits o' bairns And ...
2
The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
My bonnie, couthie, sonsre plaidie ! etc. What tent ha' I for Wat or sleet '.l A'
guarded frae the clamps my feet; 'Gin harder rage the wintry storm, Mair close I
bind ye roun' my form, My plaidie! Mackenzie plaidie ! My bonnie, couthie, sonsie
...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, 1843
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The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
MY PLAIDIE. A B080 0' J0! wruu Tul RIXIIWAL OI 1-ii OLD rrulrlliaiill'.
BIJRTHENMr plaidle' Mnckenzte [-budie! My bonnie, couthie, annals plnidle! Bmv
any me u pl.ud sue canti-w'! 'VowI but my hairc grawn gleennm' at ya! NM men a
simmer ...
4
Knickerbocker, Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
MY PLAIDIE. A SONG 01' J0! Ururl THE RENEWAL OF AN 01.» snunausulr'.
BURTHEN. MY plaidie ' Mackenzie plaidie! My bonnie, couthie, sonsie plaidie!
Saw any ans 3 plaid sae cantie 7 Wow! but my hair't: graws gleesom' at. ye! Nae
man ...
5
The Aberdeenshire lintie: being a collection of poems and ...
It comes wi' sic a sinless sough That broken hearts grow hale — Be couthie wi'
the bairnies, They'll 'fend ye when ye're frail. Be couthie wi' the bairnies, sirs, And
kindly clap their crown — The cauld, unfriendly, fremit han' Fa's never scaithless ...
Aberdeenshire lintie, 1854
6
The English dialect dictionary
Sec Couthie. Se. Nor will North Britain yield for fouth 0f ilka thing, and ' fellows
couth To any but her sister South, Ransar Poems (1300) II. 419(1An.); The
Bailiewas gcy couth and cosy wi' him, Canaan Andaman (1895) xiv. Rnf.
Theyarecouth ...
7
Hoots!: A Wee Book of Classic
Couthie Humour
This Scottish gift-book features reproductions of 28 postcards, each with a hilarous contemporary Scottish phrase and background information.
8
Off Kilter!: A Cheeky Wee Keek at
Couthie Humour
28 classic couthie nineteenth-century full colour photos with ridiculously modern comments - in Scots, with additional anecdotes in English.
9
The Gaberlunzie's Wallet
And friendship's pure flame never sparkled more bright, Than around this kind
circle of friendship to-night ; And the healths that we pledge, and the bumpers we
drain, Shall oft be repeated by warm hearts again : When a couthie auld friend, ...
10
Scottish historical and romantic ballads: chiefly ancient
Sae couthie,* couthie did she look, And meikle had she fleeched ;f Out shot J his
hand, alas, alas ! Fast in the swirl § he screeched. The Mermaid leuch, her brief
was gane, And Kelpie's |j blast was blawin', Fu' low she duked, ne'er raise again,
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUTHIE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
couthie is used in the context of the following news items.
Interview: Brora Rangers manager Davie Kirkwood
Theirs may be a small world, couthie clubs in often VistaVision settings, but they're its Invincibles. We're in an Inverness coffee-shop, Kirkwood ... «Scotsman, Apr 15»
Uisge-Beatha Gu Leòr (Whisky Galore), Oran Mór, Review
This smart re-enacting that echoes the past through the prism of the present to great effect is anti- metropolitan but not at all couthie. «EdinburghGuide.com, Apr 15»
Salmond gears up to raid the south
Inverurie is a snug, couthie place beside the gently flowing Don, 20 minutes out of Aberdeen. Set in the rolling, carefully husbanded farmland, ... «The Sunday Times, Mar 15»
Jim Gilchrist: Spirit of the age reflected
Some may regard the sub-title as ower couthie, but don't be deceived; these are songs of pith and power, wholly in keeping with the spirit of the ... «Scotsman, Dec 14»
Aidan Smith: Remembering Arthur Montford
Archie sometimes liked to pronounce or try for some lyricism; Arthur was more couthie. The abiding image of Archie is of him standing, ... «Scotsman, Nov 14»
Restaurant review: The Ancrum Cross Keys, Jedburgh
Back then, it was a couthie local, full of larger-than-life characters who didn't always know when it was time to go home. It was very much a ... «Scotsman, Nov 14»
Restaurant review: Ox and Finch, Glasgow
One minute – depending on your point of view and your choice of euphemism – they're couthie, rough as guts or simply best avoided. Ox and ... «Scotsman, Oct 14»
Restaurant review: Circus Cafe, Edinburgh
A wooden-floored cafe by day, it has an eclectic array of knick-knacks around the place and walls covered in couthie for-sale paintings of ... «Scotsman, Oct 14»
Restaurant review: Cannonball, Edinburgh
Couthie Caledonian flourishes such as chicken liver parfait soaked in Tobermory 10-year-old whisky and haggis cannonballs co-exist ... «Scotsman, Oct 14»
Jack and Victor live and kicking
They've not been seen on the small screen since a Hogmanay special in January 2008 but their couthie wit and canny catchphrases have ... «Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra, Sep 14»
