bairns

Marriage and having wee bairns is based on the myths,, fortunately there be so wonderful exceptions, I guess that makes the rule.

Everything But The Girl « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

She called the bairns to her and told them what to do in the event of her death.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

For to meddle between a father and his bairns is no a pleasant office, and to one that is but a servant in the house.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

Fourteen bairns is a heavy handful, and three of them dead.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

The bairns were a 'greeting frae morning till e'en;

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

I used to think that oor lot couldna be harder, when the bairns were a 'wee, an' we were struggling frae haun 'to mooth, to see them fed an' cled.

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

"But," said Mrs. Macdonald in surprise -- hitherto she had been an interested listener -- "I thought that the bits about the bairns were the best part of the book."

A Dominie in Doubt Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928

On the way he stopped at the kirkyard, and called the bairns, whom he'd left there to play as he went by!

Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910

The bairns were the only ones who ever saw him idle, and oh, how they loved him!

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

I was a silly thing when I was young, but the bairns were always a great pleasure.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891