 | 1817 - 708 pages
...been favoured by Mr Hogg, author of ' The Queen's Wake.' — " It was in the month of May that a gang of gypsies came up Ettrick ; — one party of them...There were about thirty souls in all, and they had five horses. On a sloping grassy spot, which I know very well, on the farm of Brockhoprig, they halted... | |
 | 1817 - 482 pages
...the month of May that a gang of gypsies came up Ettrick;—one party of them lodged at a farm house called Scob-Cleugh, and the rest went forward to Cossarhill,...him; and the gang, principally on his account, were veiy civilly treated. Next day the two parties again joined, and proceeded westward in a body. There... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...the month of May that a gang of gypsies came up Ettrick ;— one party of them lodged at a farm house called ScobCleugh, and the rest went forward to Cossarhill,...pipes and violin, delighting all that heard him ; and die gang, principally on his account, were very civilly treated. Next day the two parties again joined,... | |
 | James Thompson (of Newcastle.) - 1828 - 506 pages
...apprehensions were not altogether unfounded : — " It was in the month of May that a gang of Gipsies came up Ettrick ; — one party of them lodged at...There were about thirty souls in all, and they had five horses. On a sloping grassy spot, which I know very well, on the farm of Brokhoprig, they halted... | |
 | James Thompson - Musicians, Romani - 1828 - 502 pages
...altogether unfounded:—" It was in the month of May that a gang of Gipsies came up Et trick;—one party of them lodged at a farm-house called Scob-Cleugh,...There were about thirty souls in all, and they had five horses. On a sloping grassy spot, which I know very well, on the farm of Brokhoprig, they halted... | |
 | William Brockie - Kirk Yetholm (Scotland) - 1884 - 218 pages
...be depended on as authentic : — ' About a hundred years ago, in the month of May, a gang of these Gypsies came up Ettrick ; one party of them lodged...him ; and the gang, principally on his account, were civilly treated. Next day the two parties again joined, and proceeded westward in a body. There were... | |
 | William Chambers - Anecdotes - 1886 - 84 pages
...month of May, a gang of these gypsies came up Ettrick ; — one party of them lodged at a farm house called Scobcleugh, and the rest went forward to Cossarhill,...him ; and the gang principally on his account were civilly treated. Next day the two parties again joined, and proceeded westward in a body. There were... | |
 | England - 1817 - 698 pages
...' The Queen's Wake.' — " It was in the month of May that a gang of gypsies came up Ettrick j — one party of them lodged at a farm-house called ScobCleugh,...proceeded westward in a body. There were about thirty souk in all, and they had five horses. On a sloping grassy spot, which I know very well, on the farm... | |
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May that a gang of gypsies came up Ettrick ; — one party of them lodged at a farm-house called ScobCleugh, and the rest went forward to Cossarhill, another farm about a mile farther on. Among the latter was one who played on the pipes and violin, delighting... 