10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOWANY»
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The Gowany Braes" is in a different mood and manner, and i* enough to make a
bachelor renounce his state of single blessedness. No. II.— THE GOWANY
BRAES. IN our young — young days, When the gowany braes Were our temple o
' joy ...
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Tales of the Borders and of Scotland
So saying, with a voice like thunder broken into music he sang as follows :— In
our young, young days When the gowany bracs Were our temple 0' joy and glee.
Some dour auld body would shake his head, And tell us our gladness away ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Gowans greet the fairy feet 0' bonny May l\laryc, BURN Bovder Ballads (1874) 55
. ed. 1877. Hence (I) Gowaned, adj. daisied, covered with daisies ; (2) Gowany,
adj. (a) see (1) ; (b)fig. bright, having a fair appearance ; deceptively fine. (1) Se.
Stupid auld body—silly auld body— His mother spained him wi' a cankerworm. In
our auld, auld days, the gowany braes Are memory's rainbows owretimeand
storm. In our proud young days, When the gowany braes Kenn'd the feeto'mylove
...
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XXIII
In our auld,auld days, thegowany braes Are memory's rainbows owre time and
storm. In our proud young days, When the gowany braes Kenn'd thefeet o' my
love andme, Some illmatched carle wouldgirnand say— "Puir things! wi' marriage
, ...
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Pennsylvania Public Employee Reporter
That Mr. Gowany worked as a laborer and as a water meter reader. The laborer
duties included preparing, replacing, and installing water lines, and installing
water meters. (N.T. 32-33) 5. That when Mr. Gowarty first began working for the ...
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Wilson's Historical, traditionary, and imaginative tales of ...
Stupid auld body— silly auld body, His mother spained him wi' a canker-worm ; In
our auld, auld days, the gowany braes Are memory's rainbows owre time and
storm. In our proud young days, When the gowany braes Kenn'd the feet o' my ...
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Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of ...
So saying, with a voice like thunder broken into music, ':he sang as follows :— In
our young, young days, “'hen the gowany braes 'Vere our temple 0' joy and glee,
Some dour auld body would shake his head, And tell us our gladness away ...
Ghey,asqnint; to sqnint. Glib-gabbet, that speaks smoothly and readily. Glint, to
peep. Gloamin, the twilight. Glowr, to stare, to look; a stare, a look. Glowrin,
staring. Goavin, looking or staring awkwardly. Gowany, gowany glens, daisied
dales.
Robert Burns, E. Cunningham, 1843
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The Poems & Songs of Robert Burns: With a Life of the ...
... look, a stare, a look Glowred, looked, stared Gowan, thefiower of the daisy,
dandelion, hawkweed, 8;-0. Gowany, gowany glena, daisied, doles G6wd, gold
Gowff, the game of Golf ,to strike as the bat does the ball at golf Gowfl"d, struck
Gowk, ...
Robert Burns, Hamilton Paul, 1819
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOWANY»
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Grime of existence
Women in this far end of Upper Egypt, what is known as saeed gowany, are known of being extremely conservative. She finished work as the ... «Ahram Online, Jan 14»
What is the history of Halloween?
the Queen lighted down on a gowany bank. Not far from the tree where I wont to lie... She's change me again to my own proper shape. And I no ... «KERO-TV 23, Nov 12»
Thoughts of home at Christmas
And see the wee bit gowany that blooms beside the rill. Like banished Swill who view afar his Alps with longing e'e. I gaze upon the morning ... «countylive.ca, Dec 11»
