10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUROCK»
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1
A Scots quair: a trilogy of novels
pened to Jim the Sourock on Armistice Eve. He was aye sore troubled with his
stomach, Jim, he'd twist his face as he'd hand you a dram, and a man would
nearly lose nerve as he looked — had you given the creature a bad shilling, or
what?
James Leslie Mitchell, 1966
2
An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
SOUPLE, s. The part of a flail which strikes the grain, S. Pop. Ball. Isl. sweip-a, to
strike. SOW SOUR-KIT, s. A dish of coagulated cream, S. CompU S. SOURMILK,
s. Buttermilk, S. Sw. sur mioelk, id. SOUROCK, SOURACK, s. Sorrel, S. Lightfoot.
Well, the Sourock said that he would, by God, he'd be fair tee-tee from that minute
, he would; and MacDougall was pleased as punch and near kissed him, he was
awful fond of bringing souls to God, was MacDougall, and threatening the souls ...
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 2010
Go home and sleep by your good-wife's side And he couldn't say more, the
creature of a Sourock was fairly daft, he decided, for he yelped like a dog hard-
kicked, and vanished from the range of Peter Peat's eyes; and Peter closed down
the ...
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 2010
5
The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal
Our Blaewort, Gueel, Rot-girss, Rantree, Arn, Sourock, and other names, together
with Neonein, Slanlus, Achlasan-Challum-cille, Seamrag, &c.,are not less
expressive, nor less worthy of a place in a Scottish Flora, than their English
synonyms.
Sir David Brewster, Robert Jameson, 1822
6
The Perennial Calendar, and Companion to the Almanack; ...
... beautiful lines on leaving an old Domicile, by Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. The
Auld Man's Farewell to his Wee House. I like ye weel my wee auld houso,
Though laigh the wu's an' flat the riggin, Though roun' thy lum the sourock grows,
...
Thomas FORSTER (F.L.S.), 1824
7
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
Our Blaewort, Gueel, Rot-girss, Rantree, Arn, Sourock, and other names, together
with Neonein, Slanlus, Achlasan-Challum-cille, Seamrag, &c., are not less
expressive, nor less worthy of a place in a. Scottish Flora, than their English ...
8
The Book of Gems. The Modern Poets and Artists of Great ...
s * a: * * THE WEE HOUBlI-J. I urn: thee weel, my wee auld house, Though laigh
thy wa's an' flat the riggin'; Though round thy lum the sourock grows, An' rain-
drape gaw my cozy biggin'. Lang hast thou happit mine and me, My head's grown
...
9
The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner
I like ye weel my wee auld house, Though laigh the wa's and flat the riggin ;
Though roun' thy lura the sourock grows, An rain-draps gaw thy cozy biggin.
Long hast thou happit mine and me; My head's grown grey aneath thy kipple 5
An' aye ...
10
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
347- Add to etymon ; In Sw. a man who sells buttermilk is called a sur
mioelkekaerll ; Verel. Ind. vo. Skyrker. SOUR-MOUTJ, adj. Having a sulky look, q.
a sour mouth, Aberd. Teut. sucr-muyl, homo tetricus, acerbum os. SOUROCK,
Sourack, s.
