The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of Each County ...T. Bonar and J. Brown, 1806 - Architecture |
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... ploughs that he intended to send . At the first trial there were twenty- eight ploughs that appeared in the field : each ploughman was to plough two ridges ; and a ridge was left unplough- ed between the several divisions , in order ...
... ploughs that he intended to send . At the first trial there were twenty- eight ploughs that appeared in the field : each ploughman was to plough two ridges ; and a ridge was left unplough- ed between the several divisions , in order ...
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... plough . man had left it ; nor to see either the ploughmen or their masters until they had formed their opinion , and made their report to the club , who were assembled at a public house in the neighbourhood . When the judges had gi ven ...
... plough . man had left it ; nor to see either the ploughmen or their masters until they had formed their opinion , and made their report to the club , who were assembled at a public house in the neighbourhood . When the judges had gi ven ...
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... ploughing matches ; the only effect of them was to introduce a general emulation to ex- cel in this art , in consequence of which the whole plough- men of the district became more skilful than the gainers of the first prizes . This ...
... ploughing matches ; the only effect of them was to introduce a general emulation to ex- cel in this art , in consequence of which the whole plough- men of the district became more skilful than the gainers of the first prizes . This ...
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... plough . The breadth of this division , from south to north , is very different in different places . From the East divi- parish of Leven , as it stretches eastward , it gradually ex- pands till it reaches the breadth of three miles ...
... plough . The breadth of this division , from south to north , is very different in different places . From the East divi- parish of Leven , as it stretches eastward , it gradually ex- pands till it reaches the breadth of three miles ...
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... plough with any advantage . The most remarkable tract of this kind extends from the western limits of the county along the north side of the parishes of Saline , Dunfermline , and Beith , and from thence by Lochgelly , and along the ...
... plough with any advantage . The most remarkable tract of this kind extends from the western limits of the county along the north side of the parishes of Saline , Dunfermline , and Beith , and from thence by Lochgelly , and along the ...
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Page 332 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal, until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet.
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Page 332 - Beltan or 2&/-&2#-day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the...
Page 358 - The first race of scholars, in the fifteenth century, and some time after, were, for tho most part, learning to speak, rather than to think, and were therefore more studious of elegance than of truth. The contemporaries of Boethius thought it sufficient to know what the ancients had delivered. The examination of tenets and of facts was reserved for another generation.
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