 | John Jamieson - English language - 1818 - 456 pages
...cum Ímpetu ruentibus aut fluctibus maris; Ihre. served in tbc country. Those who »re at a weddiug, especially the younger part of the company, who are...from her own house to the bridegroom's, often set ofl', at full speed, for the latter. This is called, riding the bruse. He who first reaches the house... | |
 | John Christopher Atkinson - English language - 1868 - 686 pages
...preserved in the country. Those who are at a wedding, especially the younger part of the company, who aie conducting the bride from her own house to the bridegroom's,...set off at full speed for the latter. This is called " nding tbt brva :" he who first reaches the house is said " to win tbt bruit." ' For some time, the... | |
 | Robert Tannahill - 1874 - 408 pages
...Gutcher "—Grandfather. || To ride the broose — To run a race on .horseback at a wedding. A Scots custom, still preserved in the country. Those who...full speed for the latter. This is called riding the broose. He who first reaches the house is said to win thebroose. — Jamieson. An' Willie Ga'braith,... | |
 | Robert Tannahill - 1874 - 410 pages
...Gutcher " — Grandfather. || To ride the broose — To run a race on horseback at a wedding. A Scots custom, still preserved in the country. Those who...full speed for the latter. This is called riding the broose. He who first reaches the house is said to win thebroose. —Jamieson. An' Willie Ga'braith,... | |
 | J. A. Stoddart - English poetry - 1879 - 232 pages
...Jamieson in his Scottish Dictionary says: "To ride a bruse— to win a race on horseback at a wedding — a custom still preserved in the country. Those who...full speed for the latter. This is called riding the bruse. He who first reaches the house is said to win the bruse." Amongst the commonalty, when I was... | |
 | John Jamieson - English language - 1879 - 692 pages
...BROOSE, BRUISE, ». To ride the bruse. To run a race on horseback, at a wedding, S. This custom is still preserved in the country. Those who are at a...off at full speed, for the latter. This is called, ruling the bru*. He who first reaches the house, is said to win the bruse. At Broota thon had ne'er... | |
 | John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson - Genealogy - 1896 - 244 pages
...(Jamieson's Dictionary). "To ride the bruse,". says Jamieson, is to run a race on horseback at a wedding, a* custom still preserved in the country. Those who...bridegroom's, often set off, at full speed, for the latter. He who first reaches the house is said to win the bruise. This means nothing more than riding for the... | |
 | John Bulloch - Scotland - 1896 - 238 pages
...says Jamieson, is to run a race on horseback at a wedding, a custom still preserved in the couniry. Those who are at a wedding, especially the younger...company, who are conducting the bride from her own house lo the bridegroom's, often set off, at full speed, for the latter. He who first reaches the house is... | |
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Caft " — Bought. § " Gutcher "—Grandfather. || To ride the broose — To run a race on .horseback at a wedding. A Scots custom, still preserved in the country. Those who are at a wedding, especially the younger part of the company, who are conducting... 