Author: William R. MackintoshPublisher:
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Pages : 230
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Around the Orkney Peat Fires
Author: William R. MackintoshPublisher:
ISBN: 9781902957012
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Around the Orkney Peat-fires
Author: William R. MackintoshPublisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Around the Orkney Peat-fires
Author: Around the Orkney Peat-fires
Author: W. R. MackintoshPublisher:
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Category : Folklore
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Pages : 344
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Around the Orkney Peat-fires
Author: William R. MackintoshPublisher:
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Around the Orkney Peat-Fires
Author: W. R. MackintoshPublisher:
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Excerpt from Around the Orkney Peat-Fires: Being Sketches of Notable Orcadians, Smuggling Anecdotes, Stories of the Press-Gang and Witch and Other StoriesWith' notable Orcadians, the second is devoted to smuggling anecdotes, the third gives tales of the press-gang, and the last part is mainly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Around the Orkney Peat-fires
Author: W R MacintoshPublisher: Legare Street Press
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Around the Orkney Peat-fires; Being Sketches of Notable Orcadians, Stories of the Press-Gang and Witch and Other Tales, by W.R. Mackintosh
Author: William R. MackintoshPublisher:
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Category : Tales, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 365
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Around the Orkney Peat-Fires: Being Sketches of Notable Orcadians, Smuggling Anecdotes ... and Other Stories. Third Edition. Compiled by W.R. Mackintosh
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Around the Orkney Peat-Fires; Being Sketches of Notable Orcadians, Smuggling Anecdotes, Stories of the Press-Gang, and Witch and Other Tales
Author: W R MackintoshPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230391021
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Pages : 72
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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. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...man, was in love with the daughter of one of the press-gang constables. One night he went away to see his lady-love, and found her in tears. )n asking an explanation, she told him the press-gang had got orders to apprehend him and send him olf to the wars. That he might be taken by surprise, it had been resolved to capture him that night; and very likely at that very moment the constables might be at his house. After discussing matters with his sweetheart, it was agreed that he should go and sleep in a neighbour's house, where it was considered unlikely that the press-gang would go. Garrioch went to the house agreed upon, but he had not had time to get asleep, when he heard a loud knocking at the door. He suspected that this was the enemy, so slipping on his trousers and vest he rushed to the other side of the passage. When the constables entered the house they made direct for the room where he had been sleeping, whilst he quietly made his exit. He sped to the hills, half-naked as he was, and remained there in that condition all night. About ten o'clock next morning he met an old woman, who kindly lent him a petticoat and shawl, and in this disguise he went home and partook of breakfast. Subsequently he went out and lay down in a field of oats near his own house. But it got tiresome lying there a whole day, and in the afternoon he cautiously raised his head to see if the coast was clear, so that he might get into the house for some food. The press-gang had suspected that he would choose this field of oats as a suitable hiding-place, and they had been watching it from a distance through a spy-glass. The moment he lifted his head he was seen, and the constables pounced upon him and took him prisoner. A capture af this kind always raised the...