COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC \ \ *r REMINISCENCES. THE KIRK COLLECTION From a water-colour drawing by IV. HENRY KERR, R.S.W. DEAN RAMSAY S REMINISCENCES OF SCOTTISH LIFE Ixa^Yv V4 & CHARACTER WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS BY H. W. KERR. CHICAGO A. C. : McCLURG & T. N. CO. EDINBURGH: FOULIS. 1908. Printed in Great Britain. Scollu/i TNPoulis, LONDON. AUTHOR S COPYRIGHT EDITION. dc Inglis. Printed by arrangement with Messrs. Gall JAN 1 51916 5" 1 LIBRA R Y CONTENTS. PAGE LlST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 PREFACE TO TWENTY-SECOND EDITION . . 1 INTRODUCTORY ....... CHAPTER II. CHAPTER I. 7 SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS FEELINGS AND OBSERVANCES 56 CHAPTER ON OLD SCOTTISH CONVIVIALITY III. 101 CHAPTER ON THE OLD IV. . SCOTTISH DOMESTIC SERVANT .127 CHAPTER SCOTTISH JUDGES V. . 145 iv CONTENTS. CHAPTER ON HUMOUR PROCEEDING FROM SIONS, INCLUDING SCOTTISH VI. PAOR SCOTTISH EXPRES PROVERBS . .169 CHAPTER ON SCOTTISH STORIES OF VII. . WIT AND HUMOUR .243 .351 #75 CONCLUSION , r , . . INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS from paintings by HENRY W. KERR, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. PAG* THE KIRK COLLECTION 5 . . frontispiece . THE PILLAR O THE KIRK A SCOTTISH BAPTISM . 12 28 THE WEAVER ...
COLLEGE
OF THE PACIFIC
\
\
*r
REMINISCENCES.
THE KIRK COLLECTION
From a
water-colour drawing by
IV.
HENRY
KERR,
R.S.W.
DEAN RAMSAY S REMINISCENCES OF
SCOTTISH LIFE
Ixa^Yv V4
& CHARACTER
WITH
SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
FROM ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS BY H. W. KERR.
CHICAGO
A.
C.
:
McCLURG &
T. N.
CO.
EDINBURGH:
FOULIS.
1908.
Printed in Great Britain.