Part 9
Aberdeen Almanac, 101
Accomplished Courtier; or, a New School of Love, 68, 100
Account, an Interesting, of Robert Burns, 87
Account of the Last Words of Christian Kerr, 96
Account of the Massacre of Captain Porteous, 79
Address to the Town Council of Edinburgh, 30
Akenstaff, 25
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 106, 127
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 106
Allan Barclay, 106
Ancient King Crispin, 79
Art of Courtship, 68, 100
Auld Lang Syne, 21
Baron Munchausen, 106
Battle of Bothwell Bridge, the, 72, 73
Battle of Drumclog, the, 72, 73
Battle of Killiecrankie, 72
Battle of Otterburn, the, 72
Beauty and the Beast, 106
Blind Allan, 106
Blithesome Bridal, the, 15
Blue Beard, 33
Brief Memoir of Urcilla Gebbie, 96
Broken Heart, the, a Tale of the Rebellion of 1745, 106
Brownie of Badenoch, the, 25
Buchanan’s Almanac, 101
Caledonian Classics of the Common People, 26
Choice Drop of Honey, a, 89
Christ’s Glorious Appearance to Judgment, 89
Coalman’s Courtship to the Creelwife’s Daughter, 43, 139
Collection of Scotch Proverbs, 27, 98, 101
Comical History of the King and the Cobbler, 33, 106, 122, 127
Comical Notes and Sayings of Mr. John Pettigrew, 70
Comical Sayings of Paddy from Cork, 33, 56, 70
Comical Transactions of Lothian Tom, 56, 139
Comical Tale of Margaret and the Minister, 67
Devil upon Two Sticks, the, 25
Dialogue between John and Thomas, 98
Dick Whittington and his Cat, 33, 106
Diverting Courtship, a, 69
Divine Songs for the Use of Children, 90, 139
Dominie, the, Deposed, with a Sequel, 67
Duncan Campbell and his Dog Oscar, 103, 105
Edinburgh, 72
Edinbury (_sic_) Gleaner, the, 31
Elegy in Memory of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, 111
Entertaining Exploits of George Buchanan, 56, 57, 70
Evan’s Sketch of All Religions, 95
Executions in Scotland from the year 1600, 72
Expiring Groans, Death, and Funeral Procession of the _Beacon_ Newspaper, 79
Fables of Æsop, 99
Fishwives of Buckhaven, the, 25
Gauger’s, the, Journey to the Land of Darkness, 64
Gentle Shepherd, the, 22, 119
Ghaist of Firenden, the, 25
Ghost of my Uncle, 106
Gilderoy, 25
Glasgow and the High Church, 72
God’s Little Remnant Keeping their Garments Clean, 86
Golden Dreamer, the, or Dreams Realised, 114
Grannie M’Nab’s Lecture on the Women, 64
Grave, the, 95
Grinning made easy, 70
Grones of Believers Under their Burdens, 89
Gude and Godlie Ballates, 19
Gulliver’s Travels, 106
Hero and Leander, 106
History of the Rebellion of 1745, 25, 36, 37, 51, 74, 78
History of Sir William Wallace, the Renowned Scottish Champion, 24, 84
History of the Haverel Wives, 48, 57
History of James Allan, 29
History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, 33
History of the Great Warrior, Robert Bruce, 84
History of the Black Douglas, 85
History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 85
History of the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland, 86
History of Paul Jones the Pirate, 87
History of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 90, 93, 96
History of Joseph and His Brethren, 91, 93, 100
History of Moses, 92, 93
History of Witches, Ghosts, and Highland Seers, 111
Housekeeper, the, 100
Housewife’s Cookery Book, 99
Jack the Giant Killer, 33, 104, 106
Janet Clinker’s Oration, 63
Jockey and Maggy’s Courtship, 38, 41, 43, 57, 139, 141
John Cheap the Chapman, 35, 53, 57, 127, 130
John Falkirk, the Merry Piper, 56
Jonah’s Mission to the Ninevites, 93
John Hetherington’s Dream, 106
Leper the Taylor, 35, 57, 58
Life and Astonishing Adventures of Peter Williamson, 33
Life and Death of Judas Iscariot, 94
Life and History of Mary Queen of Scots, 85
Life and Meritorious Transactions of John Knox, 85
Life and Transactions with the Trial of Maggie Lang, 111
Life and Transactions with the Trial of Maggie Osborne, 111
Life, Journeyings, and Death of the Apostle Paul, 94
Loss of the Pack, the, 14
Long Pack, the, or the Robber Discovered, 29, 103, 105
Maggie Lauder, 21
Magic Pill, the, or Davie and Bess, 67
Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, 33, 64, 103
Man’s Great Concernment, 89
Massacre of Glencoe, the, 72
Memoirs of the late John Kippen, 134
Mother Bunch’s Closet Newly Broke Open, 33
Mother Bunch’s Golden Fortune Teller, 114
Murder Hole, the, 106
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Book of Fate, 114
New Academy of Compliments; or, the Complete English Secretary, 68, 100
New Pictorial Bible, 89, 93, 94, 95, 102, 144
New Fortune Book, or the Conjuror’s Guide, 114
Night frae Hame, 98
Odds and Ends, or a Groat’s Worth of Fun for a Penny, 29, 70
Oration on Teetotalization, 98
Orr’s Scottish Almanac, 102
Paisley Repository, the, 32
Particular Account of the Great Mob at Glasgow, 79
Penny Budget of Wit, the, 33
Pilgrim’s Progress, the, 95
Pleasures of Matrimony, the, 69
Plant of Renown, 89
Poor Robin’s Almanac, 101
Prayer-Book, a, for Families and Private Persons, 91
Protest Against Whisky, 98
Prophecies of “Hawkie,” a Cow, 64
Rob Roy, the celebrated Highland Freebooter, 87
Rebellion of 1745-46, 72
Reprieve, a, from the Punishment of Death, 80
Satan’s Invisible World Discover’d, 107, 108
Scotch Haggis, the, 29, 70
Scotland, 72
Scotland’s Skaith, 97
Select Collection, 31
Siege of Troy, the, 106
Simple John, 56
Simple Simon, 33
Sinbad the Sailor, 106
Sins and Sorrows Spread before God, 90
Sir James the Rose, 25, 127
Spaewife, the; or, Universal Fortune Teller, 114
Stone, the, rejected by the Builders, 90
Strange Adventures of Tam Merrilees, 106
Surprising Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 88, 106
Tam o’ Shanter, 13, 111
Thrummy Cap and the Ghost, 25, 66
Trial of Sir John Barleycorn, Knt., the, 117
True Fortune Teller, the; or, the Universal Book of Fate, 114
Valentine Writer, the, 100
Watty and Meg; or, The Wife Reformed, 66
Willie Lawson’s Courtship of Bess Gibb, 68
Wedding Ring fit for the Finger, 89
West Port Murders! a Full Account of the Trial of William Burke, etc., 84
Witchcraft Detected and Prevented, 111
Witchcraft Proven, Arraign’d, and Condemned, 141
Wonderful Advantages of Drunkenness, 96
GLOSSARY.
Aboon, above.
A deed, indeed.
Ae, one.
Aft, oft, often.
Ain, own.
Ance, once.
Aneugh, enough.
Bare-fit, barefooted.
Baudy, evil.
Bawk, crossbeam in roof of house.
Bin nor ha’d, bind nor hold.
Boul-horned, obstinate.
Braid, broad.
Braw, beautiful.
Brogit, pierced.
Canker’d, ill-natured.
Canty, happy.
Chappin, knocking.
Chirtin, pressing.
Clap, pat.
Clung, empty.
Cog, basin.
Contrair, contrary.
Coupt, emptied.
Cow’d, trimmed.
Creesh, grease.
Creims, stalls.
Cumstrarie, perverse.
Curits, curates.
Dauts, fondles.
Dwal, dwell.
Elshinirons, shoemakers’ tools.
Fallow, fellow.
Flaes, fleas.
Forjeskit, disreputable.
Forfaughten, exhausted.
Fow, full.
Frae, from.
Gade, went.
Gar, make.
Gin, if.
Girning, grumbling.
Gude, good.
Gudis, goods.
Graithed, clothed.
Gule-fitted, yellow-footed.
Halesome, wholesome.
Hantle, lot.
Harled, pulled.
Haud, hold.
Heckle, a weaver’s comb.
Hizey, a girl, a huzzy.
Hoddle, waddle.
Hoiting, following, running after.
Ilk, every.
Keek, glance slyly.
Kend, knew.
Kirnan-rung, “That long staff with a circular frame on the head of it, used anciently for agitating the cream, when upstanding kirns were fashionable.”—_Gall. Encycl._
Kist, chest.
Lufe, hand.
Maist, most.
Mair, more.
Makar, poet.
Maumier, sweeter, pleasanter.
Maun, must.
Mou, mouth.
Muckle, much.
Munanday, Monday.
Murgully’d, mismanaged, abused.
Nayther, neither.
Neb, nose.
Neist, next.
Neits, nits.
Ouk, week.
Outhir, either.
Paepery, Popery.
Preed, tasted.
Prent, printing-press.
Prins, pins.
Redd, separate.
Ripples, a weakness in the back.
Rive, burst.
Rumple, the rump.
Saep, soap.
Saut, salt.
Sen, since.
Shaws, shows.
Shune, shoes.
Sic, such.
Siccan, such-like.
Skaith, harm.
Snites, wipes.
Socht, sought.
Sowp, sup.
Stap, put.
Staw, stole.
Steer, stir.
Stively, stoutly, firmly.
Sumf, a blockhead.
Supple, the part of a flail that strikes the grain.
Sykin, sighing.
Tane, tuther, one, other.
Tangs, tongs.
Tod-lowrie, a name given to the fox.
Toom, empty.
Trykle, treacle.
Unco, very.
Wab, web.
Waefu’, woful.
Wames, bellies.
Wan, got.
Wat, wet.
Weir-men, war-men.
Whang, piece.
Wheens, lots.
Whilly’d, cheated.
Wud, mad, distracted.
Yeal, old, barren.
Ye’se, you will.
GENERAL INDEX.
Aberdeen, 60, 101, 138
Airdrie, 138
_Amusing Prose Chapbooks chiefly of last Century_, 10, 32
Ashton, John, 16, 22, 34
_Auld Licht Idylls_, 24, 25
Barrie, J. M., 24, 140
Blamire, Susanna, 114, 120
Blue, Jamie, 80
_Book of Scottish Poems_, 87
Boyd, Zachary, 23
Brechin, 66
_Brownie of Bodsbeck_, 103
Bruce, King Robert, 11, 86
Buchanan, George, 19, 63
Bunyan, John, 101
Burne, Nicol, 19
Burness, John, 66, 133
Burns, Robert, 21, 66, 85, 87, 101, 111, 116, 118, 120
Caldwell, G., of Paisley, 27, 73, 138
_Caledonian Mercury_, 74
Cameron, William, 63, 68, 79, 80, 126, 130
Cargill, Donald, 28, 85, 86, 113
Chambers, Robert, 78, 122, 137
_Chambers’s Encyclopedia_, 11
_Chambers’s Journal_, 124, 125
Chepman, Walter, 17
_Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century_, 16, 22, 23
Charles, Prince, 74, 76
Chaucer, 12
Clackmannan, 36
Claverhouse, 52
Corelli, Marie, 95
Cunningham, Robert Hays, 10, 32, 34
Davidson, John, 19
_Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues_, 13
Duncan, James, 74, 82
Duncan, Thomas, 137
Dundee, 17, 59, 138
Edinburgh, 17, 30, 67, 69, 101, 108, 137, 142
Elliot, Jean, 120
Erskine, Ebenezer, 11, 28, 89
Falkirk, 137, 138, 142
Forbes, William, 67
Fraser, J., 138
Fraser, Professor, 10, 12, 33, 34, 38, 69, 72, 139, 141
Fraserburgh, 61
Glasgow, 10, 17, 38, 58, 68, 69, 74, 76, 80, 102, 114, 126, 130, 137
_Glasgow Courant_, 74
Glasgow Green, 47
Glencairn, Earl of, 19
Graham, Dougal, 10, 14, 25, 36, 47, 52, 55, 56, 58, 65, 68, 69, 74, 75, 87, 103, 123, 131, 139, 141
Greenock, 83
Haddington, 47, 123, 138
Hamilton, Gavin, 101
Hawkie (_see_ Cameron, William).
Henderson, T. F., 21
Henley, W. E., 67, 87, 104, 139
Hogg, James, 103, 105, 120
_Hogg’s Instructor_, 124
Howie, John, 73
_Humorous Prose Chapbooks of Scotland_, 10, 12, 33, 34, 35, 69, 72, 139, 141
Hutchison, R., 137
Irvine, 138
Johnston, T., 138
Jones, Paul, 85
Kelso, 142
Kempis, Thomas à, 101
Kilmarnock, 138
Kirkcaldy of Grange, William, 19
Knox, John, 19, 86
Leith, 138
Lekprevick, Robert, 18
_Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life_, 106
Lindsay, Robert, 10
Lindsay, Sir David, 75
Lithgow, William, 85
_Love’s Labour Lost_, 13
Mac Gregor, George, 10, 12, 24, 78, 92, 123, 139
Macnie, William, 48, 138
Macneill, Hector, 97, 120
Maxwell, Sir Herbert, 86
Maitland, Sir John, 19
Maitland, Sir Robert, 18
Menzies, R., 67
Miller, G., 123
Milne, John, 133
Mitchell, William, 92
Moir, David MacBeth, 65
Montrose, 66, 124, 138
Morren, J., 137
Mortality, Old, 73
_Mortality, Old_, 103
Motherwell, William, 9, 19, 98
Muir, John, 82
Myllar, Androw, 17
Nairne, Lady, 116, 120
_National Gazette_, 73
Newton-Stewart, 138
North, Christopher, 106
O’Donnell, 29
_On the Malice of Poets_, 18
Orr, Francis & Son, 102, 138
Paisley, 27, 65, 73, 82, 132, 137, 138
Paterson, Robert, 73
Peden, Alexander, 85, 86, 113
Perth, 90, 142
Peterhead, 66
_People’s Friend, The_, 124
_People’s Penny Stories, The_, 143
Raban, Edward, 101
Ramsay, Allan, 21, 22, 27, 30, 92, 98, 119, 120
Ramsay, Dean, 71
Randall, C., 107, 134, 138
Randall, M., 68, 138
Raploch, 36
Reid, Alan, 132
Reid, Author, 69
Reid, John, 30, 92, 108
Reid, “Lucky”, 30, 92, 119
Religious Tract Society, 142
Renwick, James, 89
Rhymer, Thomas the, 85, 87, 113
Rob Roy, 85
Robertson, Alexander, 137
Robertson, J. & M., 137
Ross, J., 87
_Round the Grange Farm_, 127
Sabbath Observance, 58
Scott, Sir Walter, 9, 120
Scott, Michael, 85
_Scottish Vernacular Literature_, 21
_Scots Worthies_, 73
_Scottish Reader, The_, 114
Secker, William, 28
Sempill, Robert, 18, 21, 22, 120
Shakespeare, 13
Sharp, Archbishop, 52
Simpson, Habbie, 21
Sinclair, George, 108
Smith, W., 31
Spence, E. J., 78
_Stirling Stories_, 143
Stirling, 36, 48, 60, 63, 68, 107, 134, 137, 138
Stow, 62
Stonehaven, 66
Strathern, Sheriff, 38
Strathesk, John, 63
Stirling Tract Enterprise, 142
Tannahill, Robert, 116
_The Collected Writings of Dougal Graham_, 10, 24
_The Winter’s Tale_, 12
_The Cries and Habits of the City of London_, 16
Thirlestane, Lord, 19
_Troilus and Cressida_, 13
Turpin, Dick, 29
Wallace, Sir William, 11, 86
Wallace, Dr. William, 101
Watt, James, 124
Watts, Isaac, 28, 91, 123
_Waverley_, 9, 73
Webster & Son, D., of Edinburgh, 26
Wedderburn (the brothers) of Dundee, 19
Weir, Major, 107, 108, 109, 144
Welch, John, 28, 85, 86
Wellington, Duke of, 118, 119
Wilcocks, Thomas, 28
Williamson, Peter, 85
Wilson, Alexander, 65
Wilson, John, 106
_Window in Thrums, A_, 124
THE END.
ERRATA.
Transcriber’s Note: The errata have been corrected.
Page 27, line 10, _for_ “characters” _read_ “capitals.”
Page 37, note 1, line 4, _for_ “1700” _read_ “1770.”