‘Od, Charlie Brown, what gars ye hae sic lang
steps to your front door?’
‘Od, freend, ye hae had a lang spell on’t
sin’ I left,’
‘Od, ye’re a lang lad; God gie ye grace,’
Old lady speaking of her own death,
Old sermons, preaching of,
Old woman, remarks of, on the usefulness of money,
‘On the contrary, sir,’
‘Ony dog micht soon become a greyhound by stopping
here,’
‘Oor Jean thinks a man perfect salvation,’
‘Oor John swears awfu’,’
Organ, mark of distinction,
Organs becoming more common,
‘Ou, there’s jist me and anither
lass,’
Papers in pulpit,
Paradise and Wesleyan minister,
Parishioner, coolness of, when made an elder of the
kirk,
Paul, Dr., his anecdotes of idiots,
Paul, Saunders, of Banchory, famous for drinking,
Perth, Lady, remark to a Frenchman on French cookery,
Penurious laird and Fife elder,
Pestilence that walketh in darkness—What
is it?
Phraseology, Scottish, an example of pure,
Phraseology, Scottish, force of,
Piccadilly,
Pig, great broon,
Pig, Scotch minister’s account of eating one,
Pinkieburn, faithful servant at,
Piper and the elder,
Piper and the wolves,
Plugging, an odious practice,
Poetry, Scottish, becoming less popular,
Poetry in Scottish dialect, list of,
Polkemmet, Lord, account of his judicial preparations,
Polkemmet, Lord, his account of killing a calf,
Pompous minister and the angler,
Pony of Free Kirk minister running off to glebe,
Poole, Dr., his patient’s death announced,
‘Powny, grippit a chiel for,’
Prayers before battle,
Preacher, a bombastic, reproved satirically,
Preacher, Scottish, and his small bedroom at manse
where he visited,
Preacher, testimony to a good,
Preaching old sermons,
Precentor reading single line of psalm,
Predestination, answer of minister about,
Priest Gordon, genuine Aberdonian specimen of,
Priest Matheson,
Professor, a reverend, his answer to a lawyer,
Pronunciation, Scottish, varieties of, make four different
meanings,
Property qualification,
Prophets’ chalmer (the minor),
Proprietors, two, meeting of, described by Sir Walter
Scott,
Proverbial expressions, examples of some very pithy,
Proverbial Philosophy of Scotland, by William Stirling
of Keir, M.P.,
Proverb, Scottish, application of, by a minister in
a storm,
Proverb, Scottish, expressed by Lord Byron,
Proverbs becoming reminiscences,
Proverbs, immense collection of, by Fergusson,
Proverbs, Scotch, some specially applicable to the
Deil,
Proverbs, Scotland famous for,
Proverbs, Scottish, Allan Ramsay’s dedication
of,
Proverbs, Scottish, Andrew Henderson,
Proverbs, Scottish, collections of,
Proverbs, Scottish, collection of, by Allan Ramsay,
Proverbs, Scottish, Kelly’s collection,
Proverbs, Scottish, much used in former times,
Proverbs, Scottish, pretty application of,