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Tales of My Landlord (1st Series)/Volume 1

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4075388Tales of My Landlord, Volume I1816Sir Walter Scott

TALES OF MY LANDLORD,

COLLECTED AND ARRANGED

BY

JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM,

SCHOOLMASTER AND PARISH-CLERK OF GANDERCLEUGH.



Hear, Land o' Cakes and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Jenny Groats',
If there's a hole in a' your coats,
If there's a hole in aI rede ye tent it,
A chiel's amang you takin' notes,
A chiel's amang youAn' faith he'll prent it.
A chiel's amang youAn' faith he'll prenBurns.



IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.





EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, PRINCE'S STREET:
AND JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON.


1816.


Edinburgh, Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.

TO

HIS LOVING COUNTRYMEN,

WHETHER THEY ARE DENOMINATED

MEN OF THE SOUTH,

GENTLEMEN OF THE NORTH,

PEOPLE OF THE WEST,

OR

FOLK OF FIFE;

THESE TALES,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF ANCIENT SCOTTISH MANNERS,

AND

OF THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS,

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY THEIR FRIEND AND LIEGE FELLOW-SUBJECT,

JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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