10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAKERIFE»
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Ancient ballads and songs; with notices, including original ...
156 THE WAKERIFE MAMMY. Wha straught began to blaw the coal, To see gif
she could ken me; But I crap out from whare I lay, And took the fields to skreen
me. She took her by the hair o' the head, As frae the spence she brought her, An'
wi' ...
Ancient ballads, Thomas Lyle (of Glasgow), 1827
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Ancient Ballads and Songs, Chiefly from Tradition, ...
Now fare thee weel, my bonnie lass, An fare thee weel, my lammy, Tho' thou has
a gay, an' a weel-far't face, Yet thou has a wakerife mammy. The " Wakerife
mammy," is here noted down with some trifling corrections, from the west country
set ...
3
The Edinburgh literary journal; or, Weekly register of ...
This sudden overturn of himself and his plans for a few moments discomfited the
Sutor, but quickly gathering up his legs, he rushed to the door, which he reached
just as Lucky Wakerife's cock proclaimed the dawn. Rabbie flew down the street,
...
4
The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly
This sudden overturn of himself and his plans for a few moments discomfited the
souter ; but quickly gathering up his legs, he rushed to the door, which he
reached just as Lucky Wakerife's cock proclaimed the dawn. Rabbie flew down
the ...
Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson, 1902
5
The Border Counties' Magazine
This sudden overturn of himself and his plans for a few moments discomfited the
souter ; but quickly gathering up his legs, he rushed to the door, which he
reached just as Lucky Wakerife's cock proclaimed the dawn. Rabbie flew down
the ...
6
The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement. ...
WAKERIFE, adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also in forms wakrife Sc. (Jam.) Yks. ;
walkrife Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.1 ; waukerife N.I.1 ; waukreyfe Cum. ; waukrife Sc. (Jam.)
Nhb. ; wokerife Cum.4 [we'kraif ; w§'kraif.] Wakeful, sleepless, easily wakened ...
-Rife. Adjectival -rife, rjf= "abundant," makes compound adjectives, signifying " full
of the quality of — ." Gauldrife is "disposed to chilliness"; wakerife, 'weknf,
waukrife, 'wa:knf, 'wq:knf, is "disposed to be watchful or wakeful " : " Their poor
forlorn ...
8
The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern; with an intr. and ...
Another verse, the concluding one, made the lover sing as he went down the
glen — O though thy hair were hanks o' gowd, And thy lips o' dropping hiiuiie;
Thou hast got the clod that winna cling, For a' thy wakerife minnie. I believe it to
be a ...
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The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern: with an ...
THE WAKERIFE MINNIE. Where are ye gaun, my bonnie lass ? Where are ye
gaun, my hinnie ? Right saucelie she answered me, An errand for my minnie. O
where live ye, my bonnie la3S ? An' where live ye, my hinnie ? In yon green glen,
...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of ...
This sudden overturn of himself and his plan3 for a few moments discomfited the
Sutor, but quickly gathering up his legs, he rushed to the door, which he reached
just as Lucky Wakerife's cock proclaimed the dawn. Rabbie flew down the street ...
