 | 1826 - 346 str.
...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... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1845 - 572 str.
...characteristics of the two rivers are pointed out in the following rhyme : — Tweed said to Till, " What gars ye rin sae still ?" Till said to Tweed,...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 str.
...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 - 1847 - 372 str.
...Walter Scott, seemed to me to possess a solemnity approaching to poetry : — Tweed said to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still ?' Till said to Tweed,...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 str.
...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 - 1849 - 494 str.
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 704 str.
...the battle of Homildon Hill, in 1402, has been dramatized by Sir Walter Scott, Tweed said to Till, " What gars ye rin sae still ?" Till said to Tweed,...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... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1853 - 200 str.
...often repeat:— " Tweed said to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still ?' Till said to Tweed, ' Though you rin wi' speed And I rin slaw; Yet where ye drown ae...structure is the ancient bridge by which the English crosed the Till before the battle of Flodden Field. This is alluded to by Sir Walter Scott in his "... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1853 - 198 str.
...gars ye rin sae still ? ' Till said to Tweed, ' Though you rin wi' speed And I rin slaw ; Yet where yc drown ae man I drown twa !' " Twizel Castle, the seat...structure is the ancient bridge by which the English crosed the Till before the battle of Flodden Field. This is alluded to by Sir Walter Scott in his "... | |
 | George Johnston, George Tate - 1853 - 444 str.
...upon her course. A well-known rhyme characterizes the two rivers correctly : " Tweed said to Till, ' What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Till said to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi' speed, And 1 rin slaw, Yet where ye drown ae man, I drown twa!"' The tributaries of the Till flow all from the... | |
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What gars ye rin sae still ? ' Till said to Tweed, ' Though ye rin wi' speed, And I rin slaw, Yet, where ye drown ae man, I drown twa. 
