Ye'll No Sell Yer Hen on a Rainy Day by Allan Ramsay sampler
A collection of proverbs in the original Scots, and translated into English covering family, work, money, self-Improvement and food and drink amongst other topics. Scots proverbs tell it like it is, and provide advice for a myriad of situations. This pocketsize volume would make an excellent souvenir or a gift for any occasion.
A collection of proverbs in the original Scots, and translated into English covering family, work, money, self-Improvement and food and drink amongst other topics. Scots proverbs tell it like it is, and provide advice for a myriad of situations. This pocketsize volume would make an excellent souvenir or a gift for any occasion.
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allan ramsay (1686–1758)<br />
was a Scottish poet born in Leadhills,<br />
Lanarkshire in 1686 and educated in<br />
neighbouring Crawford. He wrote<br />
poetry in Scots and English as well as<br />
working as a publisher, a bookseller,<br />
and a wig maker. <strong>Allan</strong> <strong>Ramsay</strong> was<br />
a founding member, and eventually<br />
club laureate, of the Easy Club.<br />
He was also a playwright, and founded<br />
a theatre in Edinburgh’s Carruber’s<br />
Close. His shop near the Luckenbooths<br />
was Britain’s first circulating library.<br />
<strong>Ramsay</strong> gathered together the<br />
sayings of Scotland as A Collecti<strong>on</strong><br />
of Scots Proverbs, first published in<br />
the 18th century.
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