10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAVAIGER»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
It will be a deft hand that can slraughten her." Blackw. Mag. Aug. 1820, p. 513. " If
red wine can cheer ye, e'en sigh and souk away, and leave me to straughten this
crooked bouk." Ibid. Sept. 1820, p. 652. Stravaiger, s. 1. One who wanders ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
Stravaiger, s. 1. One who wanders about idly, a stroller, S. Strayvayger,
Stravauger. " Here are twa unco landloupers cumin dirdin down the hill — the
tane o' them a heech knock- kneed stravaiger \vi' the breeks on, and the tither,
ane o' the ...
Adventure and deception, the Victorian spirit of progress, and the savage beauty of the wild combine to make this a tale of the mountains unlike any other.
... dirdin down the hill — the tane o' them a heech knock-kneed stravaiger wi' the
breeks on. and the tither ane o' the women-folk, as roun's she lang, in a green
Joseph, and a tappen.
John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, 1867
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The Edinburgh monthly magazine [afterw.] Blackwood's ...
... the wide-spread family of man, when John Mackay came bouncing in upon us
like a grasshopper, " Gots my life here are twa unco landloupers cumin dirdin
down the hill — the tane o' them a heech knock-kneed stravaiger wi' the breeks
on, ...
Because if I be, tell that stravaiger sae. He'll maybe tak your word for it, for mine
he winna tak." " O Andrew, none of your humour to-night ; — I bring you tidings
the most woful, the most dismal, the most heart-rending, that ever were brought to
...
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The shepherd's calendar (continued) Emigration. The two ...
Because if I be, tell that stravaiger sae. He'll maybe tak your word for it, for mine
he winna tak." " O Andrew, none of your humour to-night ; — I bring you tidings
the most woful, the most dismal, the most heart-rending, that ever were brought to
...
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British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of ...
Aunt Janet's Legacy (1894). Pious upbringing; child servant in various families ;
marriage to a saddler & widowhood; life in Selkirkshire in early 19th Century. 140
/BATTEN, Harry Mortimer/. Mountains of the Morning, by Stravaiger (Edin. 1938) .
... here are twa unco landloupers cumin dirdin down the hill — the tane o' them a
beech knock-kneed stravaiger wi' the breeks on, and the tither, ane o' the women
-folk, as roun's she lang, in a green joseph, and a tappen o' feathers on her pow ...
William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, 1855
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Wilderness World of Cameron McNeish: Essays From Beyond The ...
... his account ofthe ascent of Rainier you can't help butreach the conclusion that
while Muir was regarded by many to beone of the finest mountaineersof hisday
he wasmore comfortable in the roleof a wanderer, a roving spirit,a stravaiger.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAVAIGER»
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The Lucky Charm of Major Bessop: A Grotesque Mystery of Fife by …
Stravaiger is a great Scots word. It is defined in the glossary at the back of this latest novel from Tom Hubbard, as 'wanderer, traveller, itinerant'. The epithet ... «EdinburghGuide.com, Jul 14»
Turbines for trees plan slammed
stravaiger. 13/05/2011 23:21. No it's not worth it. Scotland's beautiful landscape is bein industrialised for the sake of a false vision. Wind farms are massively ... «John O'Groat Journal, May 11»
