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an astonishing quantity of milk. " If good, well fed cows," says the
author, " give their own weight in cheese through the course of the year,
it is deemed an ample return ; but this little animal will not feed above
nineteen stones imperial, yet she produced, last year, twenty-five stones of
sweet-milk cheese, besides serving the family with what butter and milk
they needed." Mr Aitken has followed various occupations throughout
his somewhat eventful life. At present he is working in a limestone
quarry on Trearne estate, in the parish of Beith. He is much beloved
by his neighbours, who lately presented him with a purse, containing forty
guineas, and a handsome arm chair, of curious workmanship.
Peter Galbraith, that noble squire,
Of might and high renown,
lie built a palace, great and fair,
Hard by Perclewan town.*
He sought no help of man nor beast,
As I hear people tell ;
He was so valiant and so stout,
He built it a' himsel'.
But when the building was near dune,
And all the stones were laid ;
A granite of prodigious size,
Came rolling in his head.t
To aid him with this ponderous stone,
lie asked the neighbours round ;
And such a gathering ne'er before,
Was on Perclewan ground.
* A short distance from Dalrymple village,
f In his imagination.
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author, " give their own weight in cheese through the course of the year,
it is deemed an ample return ; but this little animal will not feed above
nineteen stones imperial, yet she produced, last year, twenty-five stones of
sweet-milk cheese, besides serving the family with what butter and milk
they needed." Mr Aitken has followed various occupations throughout
his somewhat eventful life. At present he is working in a limestone
quarry on Trearne estate, in the parish of Beith. He is much beloved
by his neighbours, who lately presented him with a purse, containing forty
guineas, and a handsome arm chair, of curious workmanship.
Peter Galbraith, that noble squire,
Of might and high renown,
lie built a palace, great and fair,
Hard by Perclewan town.*
He sought no help of man nor beast,
As I hear people tell ;
He was so valiant and so stout,
He built it a' himsel'.
But when the building was near dune,
And all the stones were laid ;
A granite of prodigious size,
Came rolling in his head.t
To aid him with this ponderous stone,
lie asked the neighbours round ;
And such a gathering ne'er before,
Was on Perclewan ground.
* A short distance from Dalrymple village,
f In his imagination.
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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