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So as the Scottish say, "A cock's aye crouse on his own midden-head."

Tony Sachs: The Twelve Scotches Of Christmas: Whisky Picks For Last-Minute Shoppers Tony Sachs 2011

So as the Scottish say, "A cock's aye crouse on his own midden-head."

Tony Sachs: The Twelve Scotches Of Christmas: Whisky Picks For Last-Minute Shoppers Tony Sachs 2011

So I'll play safe and stick to a simple list: brown bent, totter, sheep's fescue, crested dog's tail, cock's foot, sweet vernal, soft brome – poetic names of common hay meadow grasses that reflect a bygone era of agriculture.

Make hay meadow photos while the sun shines | Phil Gates 2011

You know, I've always wondered just what a cock's swain does on a boat, but I never quite dared to ask ....

A Reminder: Don't Fuck With the Assistant 2010

Only a few people ever saw the pamphlets and they threw them away quickly, for they shuddered at the message of the dead; the slogans on the walls were gone by cock's crow and the flags were pulled down from the chimneys; but they always appeared again.

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

One eighteenth century list has more than 81 different mixtures, including some truly fearsomesounding concoctions such as "cock's eye", and "excommunication".

Tequila: not just Mexico's national drink! 2008

One eighteenth century list has more than 81 different mixtures, including some truly fearsomesounding concoctions such as "cock's eye", and "excommunication".

Tequila: not just Mexico's national drink! 2008

I was reluctant to mention the cock's blood on the doorstep, myself, but Frank suffered from no such reticence, and questioned her eagerly as to the background of the custom.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

He has alluded precariously (perhaps hoping to loose Clara later, in her own retrospect) to another story in which he, as the young storyteller/guitarist/autodidact, when he is still a violinist of eight, meets a man with a cock's crow stuck through his forehead and wants to be like him.

Steady Keel 2009

A cockatrice is a serpent, often identified with the basilisk; it is said to be able to kill by its glance alone and to be hatched from a cock's egg.

Annotations 2007