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ayond - ayond, from 'From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English' by Michael Montgomery
... Are settled to their hearts desire. c1800 Thomson (in 1992 Scott and Robinson Samuel Thomson 109) Thou'll ne'er be sic a tree/ As Billy Shakespeare's mulberry ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 50 - 27 Apr 2017 - 5k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/scotch-irish/futa/ayond.php
'Donegore Hill', from 'Poems, on Various Subjects',' by James Orr
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 11 Nov 2014 - 12k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/001-donegore-hill-james-orr.php
'The Spae-Wife', from 'Poems, on Various Subjects',' by James Orr
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 11 Nov 2014 - 6k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/011-spae-wife-james-orr.php
'To the Potatoe' by James Orr from 'Poems, on Various Subjects'.
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 12 Nov 2014 - 10k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/003-to-the-potatoe-james-orr.php
'To a Sparrow. On seeing some boys rob her Nest', from 'Poems, on Various Subjects', by James Orr
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 11 Nov 2014 - 7k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/005-to-a-sparrow-james-orr.php
'Tea', from 'Poems, on Various Subjects', by James Orr
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 12 Nov 2014 - 9k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/004-tea-james-orr.php
'Epistle to N P, Oldmill', from 'Poems, on Various Subjects', by James Orr
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 12 Nov 2014 - 9k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/006-epistle-to-n-p-oldmill-james-orr.php
... Ulster-Scots'rhyming weaver' of his generation. A close friend and associate of Samuel Thomson, he penned over 150 poems in his lifetime and became firmly established ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 45 - 12 Nov 2014 - 6k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/texts/poetry/1800-1899/007-epistle-to-mr-w-h-d-james-orr.php
Old Time Square Dancing, from Ullans: The Magazine for Ulster-Scots, Nummer 3 Spring 1995
... dances were traditional to the Ulster-Scots before the'square' dances became popular. Samuel Thomson, the bard of Carngranny (near Carnmoney) published his first book ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 43 - 13 Aug 2015 - 37k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/ullans/3/old-time-square-dancing.php
Older Scots spelling and its legacy in modern Ulster-Scots, from the Ulster-Scots Spelling and Pronunciation Guide
... ] pronunciation, and this is suggested by the apostrophe in the spelling used by Samuel Thomson, Bard of Carngranny (Antrim) in a poem of 1793: ...
Terms matched: 1 - Score: 42 - 9 Nov 2014 - 17k - URL: http://www.ulsterscotsacademy.com/words/spelling-guide/older-scots-spelling.php
