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When shaws been sheen, and shradds full fair, And leaves both large and long, It is merry, walking in the fair forest, To hear the small bird’s song.

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

When shaws beene sheene and shrads full fayre, And leaves both large and longe, Itt is merrye walking in the faire forrest, To hear the small birdes songe.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Where bonnie lassies bleach their claes; Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, Wi' hawthorns gray, Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays At close o' day.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

This insures abundance of light and air to the Peas, and the latter are of great value to protect the Potatoes from May frosts that often kill down the rising shaws.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Just shaws what strength lies in a darter, as I tell ’e.”

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden