 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 254 pages
...monie lads an' lafles fates Are there that night decided : N times, a ftalk of Oats. If the third ftalk wants the top-pickle, that is, the grain at the top of the ftalk, the party in queftion will want the Maidenhead. 9 * When the corn is in a doubtful ftate, by... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1790 - 412 pages
...lafles go to the barn-yard, and pull each, at three feveral times, a ftalk of oats. If the third ftaHc wants the top-pickle, that is, the grain at the top of the ftalk, the party in queftion will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a maid. BURNING the nuts is... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 268 pages
...They go to the barn-yard and pull each, at three feveral times, a ftalk of Oats. If the third ftalk wants the top-pickle, that is, the grain at the top of the ftalk, the party in queftion will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a Maid. •j- When the corn... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 468 pages
...Wi' him that night. VII. * They go to the barn-yard and pull each, at three several times, a'stalk of oats. If the third stalk wants the top-pickle,...will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a maid. f When the com is in a doubtful state, by being too green, or wet, the stack-builder, by means of old... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 510 pages
...* Wi' him that night. VII. The auld guid-wife's weel-hoordet nits f Are round an' round divided, ' several times, a stalk of oats. If the third stalk...the stalk, the party in question will come to the marriage-bod any thing but a maid. * When the corn is in a doubtful state, by being too green, or wet,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...hWhen kiutlin in the fause-housef Wi' him that night. VII. * They go to the barn-yard and pull each, at three several times, a stalk of oats. If the third...will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a maid. •(• When the corn is in a doubtful state, by being too green, or wet, the stack-builder, by means... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...wanted To be that night. a stalk of oats. If the third stalk wains the top pickle, that if, the graiD at the top of the stalk, the party in question will come ' to the marriage-bed any thing but a inaid. t But Merran sat behint tl An' slips out by herse She thro' the yard the ne Her thoughts on... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pages
...monie lads' and lasses' fates Are there that night decided : * They go to the barn yard and pull each, at three several times, a stalk of oats. If the third...will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a maid. t When the corn is in a doubtful state, by being too green, or wet, the stack-builder, by means of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...side, An' burn thegither trimly : * They go- to the barn-yard, and pull each, at three several timee, a stalk of oats. If the third stalk wants the top-pickle,...will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a maid. f When the corn i» In a doubtful state, by being too^reen, or wet, the stack-builder, by means of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 766 pages
...runts, the names in question. In the second, the lasses were to go to the barn-yard, and pull each, at three several times, a stalk of oats. If the third stalk wanted the top-pickle, that is, the grain at the top of the stalk, the party in question would come... | |
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at three several times, a stalk of oats. If the third stalk wants the top-pickle, that is, the grain at the top of the stalk, the party in question will come to the marriage-bed any thing but a maid. 
