# Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12742

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Minstrelsy+of+the+Scottish+border%2C+Volume+1+Scott&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The memory of the _sow_ is preserved in Scotland by two trifling circumstances. The name given to an oblong hay-stack, is a _hay-sow_; and this may give us a good idea of the form of the machine. Children also play at a game with cherry stones, placing a small heap on the ground, which they term a _sowie_, endeavouring to hit it, by throwing single cherry-stones, as the sow was formerly battered from the walls of the besieged fortress. My companions, at the High School of Edinburgh, will remember what was meant by _berrying a sowie_. It is strange to find traces of military antiquities in the occupation of the husbandman, and the sports of children.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minstrelsy-of-the-scottish-border-volume-1-12742/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/minstrelsy-of-the-scottish-border-volume-1-12742/chapters/1/index.md)