10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUM-HAT»
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Till Doomsday in the Afternoon: The Folklore of a Family of ...
"He was a tall tall man wi' a lum-hat, a black lum-hat and a white front richt doon.
He stood there lookin' at us and he never answered us." Some of them wanted
tae gang back, but ye ken what the womenfolk are. They said, "No no - that's no' ...
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, 1986
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Ety as for lull and bye2; cf Swed lulla] lulu loS'loS, (slang) n an outstandingly bad
or impressive thing or person [Origin obscure] lum lum, (Scot) n a chimney; a
chimney-pot hat (also lum -hat) — lum -head the top of a chimney. [Origin
obscure ...
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Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature
He was aboot six feet [tall], wearin a black suit an a great big lum hat [top hat], a
huge lum hat, an under his arm he wis carryin a wee white coffin. I cuidnae move.
He came past me, [makin a sound like] Hmmm [a kind of low groan] . His face ...
The top hat, the style favored by Abraham Lincoln, was exclusive to the upper
classes except for those attending an upper middle class wedding . . . and
chimney sweeps. The top hat was known in Glasgow as a “lum hat,” lum 184
GRAHAM ...
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The Admirable Crichton ; Peter Pan ; When Wendy Grew Up ; ...
... 'peeries' are marbles. lum hat: top hat, like a stovepipe hat ('lum'=chimneypot).
wrecked islands: the islands of Barrie's boyhood reading exerted a lasting hold
on his imagination—hence the importance of islands in his plays (see Peter Pan,
...
James Matthew Barrie, Peter Hollindale, 1995
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
3 a loom, a weaving loom. lum n 1 a chimney. 2 the whole chimney and fireplace,
chimney corner and surroundings. 3 the funnel of a steamship or locomotive. 4 a
long passage through a cliff; a rock chimney. 5 also lum hat a top hat, a tall silk ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
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Peter Pan and Other Plays: The Admirable Crichton; Peter ...
J. M. Barrie Peter Hollindale. preens, a bool, or a peerie: Scottish words: 'preens'
are pins or items of small value; 'bools' are balls or marbles; 'peeries' are marbles
. lum hat: top hat, like a Stovepipe hat ('lum'=chimneypot).
J. M. Barrie, Peter Hollindale, 1995
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The Holy Bible, Etc. (The Psalms of David in Metre ... ...
:icm wherenn never man fat ; lnofe him. and bringbum 3 And 'if any man fly ища
ym:` Why *u ye Нац! py y: qu! the Lum hat мы of n» ; ann Машину he w' fend him
h ther. 4 And vhey Went 'Feit way. щ fûnnd the mit. had h_y fhg *pr withpm, in а ...
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Doric: The Dialect of North-East Scotland
... is ready, prepared, willing. 41. Fack's death: an emphatic asseveration. The
last phrase refers to a habit, frequently metioned, of tying a knot in a handkerchief
(or garter) as a reminder of something that needs to be done. 44. Lum: i.e. lum
hat ...
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Heritage: Conservation, Interpretation and Enterprise
lum hat, which gave the popular name to these chests. In a small room such as a
single end, a lum chest might seem enormous, but the design was adapted for
maximum storage capacity in the minimum of floorspace. Dimensions always ...
