 | Folklore - 1826 - 346 pages
...well-known rhyme. — TWEED SAID TO TILL, " WHAT OARS YE EIN SAE STILL ?" Wad — a pledge 01 hostage. TILL SAID TO TWEED, " THOUGH YE RIN WI* SPEED, " AND I RIN SLAW, " YET WHERE YE DROUN AE MAN, " I DROUN TWA !" TARRAS. The Tarras, a Roxburghshire stream, is so impetuous, and so... | |
 | 654 pages
...the country people in the neighbourhood often repeat : — " Tweed said to Till, ' What gars ye tin sae still ?' Till said to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi'...I rin slaw ; Yet where ye drown ae man I drown twa !' " Twizel Castle, the seat of Sir Francis Blake, Bart., stands in this locality. Beneath this structure... | |
 | 546 pages
...following rhyme, which the country people in the neighbourhood often repeat : — " Tweed said to ТШ, ' What gars ye rin sae still ?' Till said to Tweed,...rin slaw ; Yet where ye drown ae man I drown twa!"' Twizel Castle, the seat of Sir Francis Blake, Bart., stands in this locality. Beneath this structure... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 pages
...the neighbourhood often repeat : — " Tweed said to Till, ' What gars ye rin an- rtffl ?' Till aaid to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi' speed And I rin slaw ; Yet where ye drown ae man I drown twa !' " Twizel Castle, the seat of Sir Francis Blake, Bart., stands in this locality. Beneath this structure... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Scotland - 1845 - 572 pages
...preferred. t The different characteristics of the two rivers are pointed out in the following rhyme : — Tweed said to Till, " What gars ye rin sae still ?"...rin slaw, Yet, where ye drown ae man I drown twa!" Francis Blake, Bart.) Beneath the castle, the ancient bridge is still standing by which the English... | |
 | 1851 - 398 pages
...There is an old saying about these two rivers : •Tweed said to Till, What gars (makes) ye fin (run) sae still? Till said to Tweed, Though ye rin wi' speed And I rin slaw, Yet where ye droun ae (a) man 1 drown twa (two).' "Thus you see a narrow stream may be more unsafe than a broad... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 372 pages
...the deep voice of Sir Walter Scott, seemed to me to possess a solemnity approaching to poetry : — Tweed said to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still ?'...Though ye rin wi' speed, And I rin slaw, Yet where ye droun ae man, I droun twa ! ' EYEMOUTH FORT, &C. Near the sea-side village of Eyemouth, in Berwickshire,... | |
 | Frederick Sheldon - 1849 - 490 pages
...that faithfully describes the characters of the two rivers, — " Tweed said to Till, What gars ye run sae still ; Till said to Tweed, Though ye rin wi' speed, And I rin slaw, Where ye drown yae man, I drown twa." The Whitadder, though not one of the largest of the tributary... | |
 | Frederick Sheldon - Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) - 1849 - 494 pages
...that faithfully describes the characters of the two rivers, — " Tweed said to Till, What gars ye run sae still ; Till said to Tweed, Though ye rin wi' speed. And 1 rin slaw, Where ye drown yae man, I drown twa." The Whitadder, though not one of the largest of the... | |
 | Scotland - 1851 - 704 pages
...this warlike family, at the battle of Homildon Hill, in 1402, has been dramatized by Sir Walter Scott, Tweed said to Till, " What gars ye rin sae still ?"...wi' speed, And I rin slaw, Yet, where ye drown ae roan I drown twa!" * " They cross'd Still pouring down the rocky den, The Till, by Twisel Bridge. Where... | |
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What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Till said to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi' speed, And I rin slaw, Whar ye droon ae man, I droon twa. 
