10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAUD YOUR WHEESHT!»
Discover the use of
haud your wheesht! in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
haud your wheesht! and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, Or, ... Curiosities ...
John Mactaggart. Whaup — Bird curlew ; also a twist, as in a rope. Thus, whaup i'
the rape, a doubling, a back-spang, a quirk, to deceive. Wheeple, to whistle like a
whaup. Wheesht — An order for silence. Haud your wheesht, be silent.
2
Wishing for a Highlander
“Haud your wheesht, wife,” he growled ashe pulledher tohim. She'd drawthe
attention ofthewhole village, and thelast thinghe wanted were more witnesses to
the debacle he'd landed himself in. Come to thinkof it, hewasnot some repentant
...
3
The Wolf and the Highlander:
“Haud your wheesht. You said we'd ride hard today. I was merely doing as I was
told.” “That wasn't riding hard. That was riding reckless. You might have been
killed.” He raked a hand through his wind-tossed hair, reminding her of when he'
d ...
4
The Witching Voice: A Novel from the Life of Robert Burns
The roar sounds above the general din. “Come awa'here to me!” The old soldier
has propped himself upright against the wall and now beckons to his tipsy wench
. Poosie Nansie turns on him. “Sit ye doon and haud your wheesht till she sees ...
5
The Romance of War, Or The Highlanders in Spain, France, and ...
For ony sake, Pedro, haud your wheesht, man!" exclaimed the Scottish soldier
impatiently ; " it's enough to mak' a body eerie to hear ye growling and
yammering that gate, in siccan a dismal place as this. O'd, sir, I never heard ony
ane blatter ...
Jist haud your wheesht nae, my canny loun," said Mrs Curmuddie, "an' no begin
that way. Ye've got a partickler kind wife, and it ill sets you to begin flytin' an' ragin'
at that rate, for her fetchin' in a obleegin' neebor to speer for you ; an' the best ...
'Haud your wheesht man,' replied an angry Douglas, who was starting to regret
bringing his younger brother with him. As the sound of the applause for the latest
recipient diminished, one lonely ring was left on the silver plate. Douglas's mind ...
8
Complete New Tales of Para Handy
“Can Inothave a shotatit please, Captain?” called SunnyJim plaintively from the
wheelhouse, whence his view of proceedings down on deck was frustratingly
limited. “Haud your wheesht andmind the wheel,Jum,” replied Para Handy
brusquely ...
Domenick, dinna, dinna. [domenick pushes her aside and goes downstage left.
Haud your wheesht ! For goodness sake, try to haud your wheesht ! Keep quiet
till ye get back your senses. [She faces him, agitated. domenico. I hate them! God
...
10
A Berwickshire Bard: The Songs and Poems of Robert McLean Calder
... troubles mony, Few oppressed wi' siccan care, An' we conjure up the shadows,
Shuttin' oot the sunshine fair; Look aroun', — ye 'll see grief's traces, Stoopin'
forms an' careworn faces, E'en the rich wad swap ye places ; Haud your wheesht
!
Robert McLean Calder, William Shillinglaw Crockett, 1897
