Tales of My Landlord (1st Series)/Volume 1
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,
I rede ye tent it,
A chiel's amang you takin' notes,
An' faith he'll prent it.
Burns.
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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