SCOTS PROVERBS & RHYMES

MACGREGOR, FORBES (selected and compiled by)

ISBN 10: 0550212671 / ISBN 13: 9780550212672

Published by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh / London, 1970

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With introduction, comments and a glossary. Illustrated by John Mackay. As Forbes Macgregor wrote in his introduction, 'There is no surer guide to the general character of a race than a study of its proverbs.' Some Scots proverbs are so very ancient that they refer to a manner of life which has totally disappeared. Both the vocabulary and the background have to be explained. Others refer to historical events and incidents which are fairly well known. Some are purely local sayings which, however, still hold human interest. Many proverbs are so self-explanatory as to be called truisms. But they also have their value in a Scottish collection. 48 pag. Size: 18cmx12cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SCOTS PROVERBS & RHYMES
• Publisher: W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh / London
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0550212671
• ISBN 13: 9780550212672
• Binding: Sewed / Card covers
• Edition: Reprint of the 1948 edition.
• Condition: Fine condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Cover illustrated
• Seller catalogs:
  • Algemeen - General

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Synopsis

Although many nations of the ancient and medieval world were noted for their wealth of proverbs, the Scots had a pre-eminent reputation in this respect. It was said in England that no Scot could talk without using a proverb. The Scots thus held, until comparatively recent times, this reputation for terse and sententious language and they were exceptionally reluctant, even after the Union in 1707, to abandon ancient modes of thought and speech.