10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEOCH-AN-DORUIS»
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Highland Legends: And Fugitive Pieces of Original Poetry : ...
DEOCH-AN-DORUIS, 0R STIRRUP 0UP. Ar all friendly parties and festive
meetings in the Highlands, the “ Deoch-an-Doruis,” or Stirrup Cup, was of old a
usage most particularly attended to at the close of such entertainments. The
guests ...
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Verse in English from Eighteenth-century Ireland
Whyte describes the world of a substantial Catholic fanner to whom he gives the
unexpected name of 'Deoch an Doruis', which he translates as 'the parting cup'.
The phrase 'The Tribe of Deoch an Doruis' occurs frequently throughout Whyte's
...
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A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Deoch-eiridinn, a potion ; deoch-slainnte, a health or toast ; deoch an doruis, a
stirrup-cup. N. pl. deochan and deochannan. t Deoch, v. a. (Ir. id.) Embrace
tenderly. — Shaw. Pret. a. dheoch, embraced; fut. off. a. deochaidh, shall
embrace.
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
Deoch-eiridinn, a potion ; deoch-slainnte, a health or toast ; deoch an doruis, a
stirrup-cup. N. pl. deochan and deochannan. t Deoch, v. a. (Jr. id.) Embrace
tenderly. — Shaw, Prêt. a. dheoch, embraced; fut. aff. a. deochaidh, shall
embrace.
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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Waverley. Guy Mannering
... determination to acknowledge their sense of the hospitality of Tully-Veolan, by
partaking with their entertainer and his guest Captain Waverley, what they
technically called deoch an doruis, a gtirrup-cup, to the honour of the Baron's roof
-tree.
When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an doruis, that is,
the drink at the door, or the stirrup-cup, the draught was not charged in the
reckoning. On this point a learned Bailie of the town of Forfar, pronounced a very
sound ...
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Waverly Novels: Waverly
... of the same kind, in the form of a jackboot. Each guest was obliged to empty
this at his <5eparture. If the guest's name was Scott, the necessity was doubly
imperative. When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an
doruis, ...
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Waverley novels. Centenary ed
When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an doruis, that is,
the drink at the door, or the stirrup-cup, the draught was not charged in the
reckoning. On this point a learned Bailie of the town of Forfar, pronounced a very
sound ...
Walter Scott (sir, bart [novels, collected]), 1870
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The Waverly Novels: Waverly
When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an doruis, that is,
the drink at the door, or the stirrup-cup, the draught was not charged in the
reckoning. On this point a learned Bailie of the town of Forfar pronounced a very
sound ...
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Waverley Or 'Tis Sixty Years Since
The Bailie, on this admission, solemnly adjudged the cow's drink to be deoch an
doruis — a stirrup-cup, for which no charge could "be made, without violating the
ancient hospitality of Scotland. Note VI, p. 206.— Rob Rot. An adventure, very ...
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The Origins of Old Sayings
The Scots call it a 'deoch-an-doruis' (anglicized to 'doch-an-doris') meaning a dram at the door.'' Thanks to Derek for that - anybody know ... «ActonW3.com, Mar 15»
