10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THAIRM»
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The English dialect dictionary
Also written thalm Lin.; and in forms thairm Sc. Um.) N.I.l N.Cy.l th.l Dur.'; thairn Sc
. (jam); theim Se.; therm Sc.(_Ia1\1.) \Vm.; thurm Lakel.1 [pat-m, pant; pErm.] 1. 5b
. The belly or intestines ofa man or beast. Se. (Jan-t.) ; He that has a wide theim ...
2
The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
T/zaz'rm, (1) small guts: 'painch, tripe, or thairm '; (2) catgut [a fiddle-string]: 'thairm
-inspiriug,' 'o'er the thairms be tryin,' 'kittle hair on thairms.' T/zeckit, thatched: ' an'
theckit right.' T kegit/zer, together. T/zemrel, t/zeflucls, themselves. lllzz'ck, v.
3
The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles
... 41 Swing, Pamela, 26 Symbister, 115 tautiruut (Eskimo violin), 5 teaching
fiddling, 25, 128-9 terrem (thairm), 44 Terschetlinger Volksleven, 65 thairm, 44
Thomson, Henry, 27-8, 109-10 tonality, 100-1 Tudor, J. R., 5 Tulloch, A., 32, 33-5,
95, ...
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
A wide thairm has seldom a long arm," Loth. This is obviously the primary and
literal sense of the word. 2. Intestines twisted, like E. Tharm, especially catgut, S.
Hence, Thairm-bavd, s. A string or cord of catgut for turning a spinning-wheel, ...
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The Scots Fiddle: Tunes, Tales & Traditions of the ...
THE. HAGGIS. Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' thepuddin'race!
Aboon them a' ye tak' your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye worthy of a
grace As lang's my airm. It is said that Burns recited something likethe above ...
He was a violinist, a composer, and a friend of Robert Burns, who immortalized
him in a poem, “Epistle to Major Logan” (1786): Hail, thairm-inspirin', rattlin' Willie!
Tho' fortune's road be rough an' hilly To every fiddling, rhyming billie, We never ...
7
Language and Scottish Literature
... a well-known Scots poem, consider the italicised words in the opening two
verses of Burns's 'Address to the Haggis': Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, Great
Chieftain o' the puddin-race Aboon them a' ye tak your place Painch, tripe or
thairm; ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
A wide thairm has seldom a long arm," Loth. This is obviously the primary and
literal sense of the word. 2. Intestines twisted, like E. Tharm, especially catgut, S.
Hence,Thairm-band, s. A string or cord of catgut for turning a spinning-wheel, ...
Compare THAME and THOR. THAIRM, THARM, catgut, fiddle-strings. "As dry as
thairm." " Lovingly plied hair and thairm together " (that is, played the fiddle).
Northern Minstrels' Budget. THAME, them, those. " Thame days the sarvin lads
was ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Tawpie, a foolish person, especially a foolish girl : — "Qawkies, tawpies, gowks,
and fools." — Burns. Thairm, entrails, catgut; the strings of a harp, violin, or guitar
: — "0, had M'Lachlan, thairm - inspiring sage, Been there to hear this heavenly ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THAIRM»
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... sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o'a grace, As lang's my arm.". «ChronicleLive, Jan 14»
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Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace. As lang's my arm. (Robert Burns circa 1786). The desirability of haggis is somewhat controversial. «PR Web, Jan 14»
Competition: Burns Night address
Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o'a grace. As lang's my arm. Your task is to compose an address to an item of food of your choice. It is up to you ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 14»
Wer fürchtet sich vor dem Haggis?
Also, um "painch, tripe, or thairm" geht es: Magen oder Darm, gefüllt mit Leber, Beuschel und Herz, natürlich alles vom Schaf. Sie werden, gar gekocht und klein ... «derStandard.at, Feb 13»
All hail the haggis
... and the dish is, in essence, a large sausage comprising, as Burns notes, painch, tripe, or thairm (stomach, tripe or intestines), cooked in the lining of a sheep's ... «The Australian, Dec 11»
Burns Night celebrations in Sussex
painch tripe or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o' a grace as lang's my arm. "Well," the Englishman mutters to his Scottish colleague, "I see you saved the psychiatric ... «The Argus.co.uk, Jan 09»
'Gushing entrails bright'
Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace. As lang's my arm ..." Those "gushing entrails bright" served "warm reekin' rich" that made Burns salivate ... «The Age, Jan 07»
