Thistledown
by Robert Ford
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ford, Robert, 1846-1905
- Title
- Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humour, Character, Folk-lore, Story & Anecdote
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: Alexander Gardner,1913,pubdate 1921.
- Credits
- Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
- Subject
- National characteristics, Scottish
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 67576
- Release Date
- March 6, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.THISTLEDOWN — CHAPTER I THE SCOTTISH TONGUE—ITS GRAPHIC FORCE AND POWERS OF PATHOS AND HUMOUR
- 6.CHAPTER II CHARACTERISTICS OF SCOTCH HUMOUR
- 7.CHAPTER III HUMOUR OF OLD SCOTCH DIVINES
- 8.CHAPTER IV THE PULPIT AND THE PEW
- 9.CHAPTER V THE OLD SCOTTISH BEADLE—HIS CHARACTER AND HUMOUR
- 10.CHAPTER VI HUMOUR OF SCOTCH PRECENTORS
- 11.CHAPTER VII HUMOURS OF DRAM-DRINKING IN SCOTLAND
- 12.CHAPTER VIII THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE
- 13.CHAPTER IX SCREEDS O’ TARTAN—A CHAPTER OF HIGHLAND HUMOUR
- 14.CHAPTER X HUMOUR OF SCOTTISH POETS
- 15.CHAPTER XI ’TWEEN BENCH AND BAR—A CHAPTER OF LEGAL FACETIÆ
- 16.CHAPTER XII HUMOURS OF SCOTTISH RURAL LIFE
- 17.CHAPTER XIII HUMOURS OF SCOTTISH SUPERSTITION
- 18.CHAPTER XIV HUMOUR OF SCOTCH NATURALS
- 19.CHAPTER XV JAMIE FLEEMAN, THE LAIRD OF UDNY’S FOOL
- 20.CHAPTER XVI “HAWKIE”—A GLASGOW STREET CHARACTER
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE LAIRD O’ MACNAB
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII KIRKYARD HUMOUR
- 23.INDEX
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