10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HURLBARROW»
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hurlbarrow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hurlbarrow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & ...
(L-1993.1) Ring: Hurlbarrow Farm, Ponsonby (Fig. 5.) This superb ring was found
during drainage operations at Hurlbarrow Farm (NY 3072 5057) c.1964 and has
been previously noted in these Transactions and elsewhere.20 It was exhibited ...
2
Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian ...
... from the western uplands are a few flakes of flint and a leaf arrowhead found
together with a blade of volcanic tuff struck from a polished implement at
Waberthwaite 5 (Cherry, 1985) and a long narrow blade from Hurlbarrow (Cherry
, 1984a).
James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood, 2002
... tore her yellow hair to staunch the wound ;" and yet the rest of the song
consists of that kind of common- lace, relatin to blood and bro en hearts, w 'ch, in
Scottish hrase, is humourousl said to be ca culated to “ move the cart of a
hurlbarrow.
4
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
It's kittle for the cheeks when the hurlbarrow gangs ower the nose." "It's kittle to
waken sleeping dogs." — Allan Ramsay's Scots Proverbs. Lawin, the reckoning
at an inn : " Late at e'en, drinking the wine, And ere they paid the lawin, Tbey set
a ...
5
Tales for town and country
He's safe enough; there'll naething fash him; I'll rin and get the hurlbarrow;' and in
a jiffy John brought hame the laird, and whumbled out his honour, whack ! with a
whole skin, and not quite sae fou as usual, for his late sad disaster had ...
6
The Cabinet dictionary of the English language
Humle, humble, without horn?. Humlock-know, hemlock knoll. Humplock, a small
knoll, as of earth or stones. Hurcheon, a hedgehog. Hurdies, the loins ; the
buttocks. Hare, a whore. Hurlbarrow, a wheelbarrow. Hurley-hackets, small
tronghs or ...
7
The laird of Logan; or, Anecdotes and tales illustrative of ...
Weel, just as I was passing auld Sandy Roy's that's dead an' awa, an unearthly-
looking thing cam' brachling through the hedge — gif I could believe my ain een it
looked like a hurlbarrow on end, making its way without the trunnel — my hair ...
John Donald Carrick, 1863
Kittie, difficult, ticklish, dangerous :“It's kittlc shooting at corbies and clergy.” “it's
little for the cheeks when the hurlbarrow gangs ower the nose.” “lt's kittlc to waken
sleeping dogs.” —Allan Ramsay's Scots Proverbs. Lawin, the reckoning at an inn
...
9
The hunt of Eildon. The adventures of Basil Lee. Adam Bell. ...
If any body hath seen that better part of my measter, whilk contains as mooch wit
as a man could drive »n a hurlbarrow, let them restore it to me, Andrew Johnston,
piper, trumpeter, whacker, and wheedler, to the same great and noble squoir ...
10
The Laird of Logan; Or, Wit of the West: Being a Collection ...
Weel, just as I was passing auld Sandy Roy's, that's dead an' awa, an unearthly-
looking thing came brachling through the hedge — gif I could believe my am een
it looked like a hurlbarrow on end, making its way without the trunel — my hair ...
John Donald Carrick, 1835
