Download or read book Anstruther Or Illustrations of Scottish Burgh Life written by George Gourlay and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Anstruther Or Illustrations of Scottish Burgh Life written by George Gourlay and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... of Burns seemed to kindle on the wall, and start into the scene, with its fiery and commanding flash. So richly were the roof and sides covered with flower and foliage, that the chamber was like one of those shady recesses of Tempe, into which the Muses were wont to retire to converse with Cupid and the Graces." "We ventured," says Captain Gray, "to present to the world the thin octavo, 'Bouts-Rimees; or Poetical Pastimes of a few Hobblers round the Base of Parnassus.' The Society (he goes on to tell) continued to flourish and hold its regular annual and occasional sittings in the classical burgh of East Anstruther till 1817, when its joyous celebrations were suspended in consequence of the separation and the dispersion into life's tumultuous and unpoetical business of its leading founders." the sea box. Perhaps the most interesting and beautiful memories of the old port are those that encircle the "siller caup"--i.e., the collection box for the widow and the orphans of the poor sailor who had suffered at sea. It was kept in the parlour of the oldest skipper or commodore, and the crew of the oversea brig, from the cabin boy to the captain, was expected to give, if only as a thank-offering to Heaven. The appeal was not in vain when the wine ships lay like a forest at the pier; but when the tide began to turn, the old sea heroes saw it was expedient to resolve in 1816 on a voluntary assessment of eightpence in the pound on the wages of master and man. The accumulation so increased that the Sea Box was resorted to like a bank at every crisis. "4th September, 1644--The which day the syds Ballies and Counsell and skippars being conveinit anent ane letter sent to them from yr neighbours lying in the armie, for ane hundrethe dolors to pey their...
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Download or read book The Scottish Antiquary Or Northern Notes Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Beggar s Benison written by David Stevenson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two clubs, dedicated to proclaiming the joys of libertine sex, thrived in mid and late 18th-century Scotland. The Beggar's Benison (1732), starting from local roots in Fife, became large and sprawling, with branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow - and St Petersburg. As a toast "The Beggar's Benison" was drunk at aristocratic dinners in London as a coded reference to sex, and the Prince of Wales (later George IV) became a member. In Edinburgh, also, the Wig Club (1775) gave the elite of the Scottish Tory establishment a forum in which to dine, gamble and venerate a wig supposedly made of the pubic hairs of the mistresses of Charles II. Both clubs flourished in a great age of raucous clubs in which bawdy often played a prominent part, and both died as changes in sensibility made such behaviour seem gross and unacceptable. As the Victorian age approached, the clubs withered away under its disapproving glare. In this book, the author tells the story of these clubs, analyzes the obscene relics of their rituals which survive, and places the clubs in their social, cultural and political contexts. It is an extensively researched study, but at the same time recognizes the entertainment value of the many anecdotes concerning the clubs, the absurdities inherent in the antics of club rituals, and the appeal of the bawdy.
Download or read book Northern Notes Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anstruther written by Stephanie Stevenson and published by John Donald Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anstruther is one of the most picturesque villages on the north coast of the Forth, packed with architectural delights and filled with historical resonance. Trade with the Low Countries began as early as the late fourteenth century; during the eighteenth century it was home to a chapter of the dubious gentleman's club The Beggar's Benison and during the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth it enjoyed its heyday as one of the main centres of the Scottish herring industry. Today it houses the world-renowned Scottish Fisheries Museum. Anstruther was in fact, until recently, two distinct communities. The small settlements of Anstruther Easter and Wester grew up on either side of a burn. In spite of their nearness they grew in different ways. Both were granted charters in the 1580s and became self-governing communities, which they remained for the next 340 years. present day. Through meticulous research which includes reference to the records and minutes of the two town councils, to local newspapers and even the deeds of old houses, it provides a fascinating insight into the histories of the two burghs and portrays the lives and personalities of some of the past inhabitants. These include Anstruther's native poet, William Tennant (1784-1848), professor of Oriental Languages at St Andrews University and author of the well-known Anster Fair (1812), and Princess Marama of Tahiti, Chiefess of Haapati, who lived with her Scottish husband in Johnston Lodge, Backdykes. Anstruther: A History is written by a local author with a deep understanding of Anstruther, who conveys her enthusiasm for her subject in elegant prose and well-chosen pictures.
Download or read book Northern Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae written by Hew Scott and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. New edition. Revised and continned to the Present Time under the Superintendence of a Commitee appointed by the General Assembly. Volume 5. Synods of fife, and of angus and mearns.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the University of Edinburgh written by Edinburgh University Library and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
