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otiuai^ii’s mare at the back of a
dyke, amongft the bones o£ an hun¬
dred dead horfe ?
A. Becaufe they are made of wood.
Ch Which are the two thing;? not
to be fpared, and not to be abufed ?
A. A foldier’s coat and a hired,
horfe.
7be end cf jobn Falkirk's Carricbes.
AN old gentleman and his twofons
being in a company, his eldeh
ion fitting next to him, fpoke a word
which highly difpleafed his father, for
which his father gave him a hearty
blow on the fide of the head ; a well,
laid he, I will not lift my hand to.
firike my parent, but he gives his o-
ther brother., that fat by him, a blow
•on the ear, faying, give that about by
way .of. a drink till it comes to my fa¬
ther again.
A failor travelling between Edin¬
burgh and Linlithgow, which is 12
long computed inUes ; and as he was
fetting out in the morning EtbQUt eight
o’olock, hefiiw.a vain- like young fpark.
dyke, amongft the bones o£ an hun¬
dred dead horfe ?
A. Becaufe they are made of wood.
Ch Which are the two thing;? not
to be fpared, and not to be abufed ?
A. A foldier’s coat and a hired,
horfe.
7be end cf jobn Falkirk's Carricbes.
AN old gentleman and his twofons
being in a company, his eldeh
ion fitting next to him, fpoke a word
which highly difpleafed his father, for
which his father gave him a hearty
blow on the fide of the head ; a well,
laid he, I will not lift my hand to.
firike my parent, but he gives his o-
ther brother., that fat by him, a blow
•on the ear, faying, give that about by
way .of. a drink till it comes to my fa¬
ther again.
A failor travelling between Edin¬
burgh and Linlithgow, which is 12
long computed inUes ; and as he was
fetting out in the morning EtbQUt eight
o’olock, hefiiw.a vain- like young fpark.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Scots piper's queries, or, John Falkirk's carriches > (13) |
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| Description | To which is added, his comical and witty jokes, when in courtship with an old fiddler's widow, who wanted all the teeth. With a copy of a love letter he sent to her, who was commonly called Flinging Betty. Edinburgh : Printed by J. Morren, [1790?]. John Falkirk is a pseudonym. Attributed to Dougal Graham. |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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