philabeg
Americannoun
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"Dancing was engaged in around the bonfire to the skirl of the philabeg."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
Cam ye by Athol, lad wi' the philabeg, Down by the Tummel or banks o' the Garry, Saw ye our lads wi' their bonnets and white cockades, Leaving their mountains to follow Prince Charlie?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
This plume and plaid no more will see, Nor philabeg, nor dirk at knee, Nor even the broadswords which Dundee Bade flash at Killiecrankie.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
Roun’ his hairy form there was naething seen, But a philabeg o’ the rashes green, An’ his knotted knees play’d aye knoit between; What a sicht was Aiken-drum!
From Spare Hours by John Brown
How can I lay my sporran by, An' sit me doun at hame, Wi'oot a Hieland philabeg Or hyphenated name?
From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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