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  • Wullie was naething laith, and back they gaed the-gither.

    The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887

  • He said that the new wy wes tae leave oot heads, an 'a' saw a 'the hay spread oot across the field, so a' told him tae gither it up intae

    Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

  • He was "ill pitten the gither" to begin with, but many of his physical defects were the penalties of his work, and endeared him to the Glen.

    A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 1 Ian Maclaren 1878

  • "'Aff wi' yir coat, Drumsheugh, 'said MacLure;' ye 'ill need tae bend yir back the nicht; gither a' the pails in the hoose and fill them at the spring, an 'a'll come doon tae help ye wi' the carryin '.'"

    A Doctor of the Old School — Complete Ian Maclaren 1878

  • He was "ill pitten the gither" to begin with, but many of his physical defects were the penalties of his work, and endeared him to the Glen.

    A Doctor of the Old School — Complete Ian Maclaren 1878

  • "'Aff wi' yir coat, Drumsheugh, 'said MacLure;' ye 'ill need tae bend yir back the nicht; gither a' the pails in the hoose and fill them at the spring, an 'a'll come doon tae help ye wi' the carryin '.'"

    A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 3 Ian Maclaren 1878

  • "'Aff wi' yir coat, Drumsheugh, 'said MacLure;' ye 'ill need tae bend yir back the nicht; gither a' the pails in the hoose and fill them at the spring, an 'a'll come doon tae help ye wi' the carryin '."

    Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878

  • The more you chaws it the better it sticks the-gither, an 'the furder it kills um;' a theory of gunnery that which was devoutly believed in in his time and long anticipated the wire cartridges.

    The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

  • There'll be na crop the year wourth speakin 'of; but next June 'twill puzzle ye to gither them.

    What Can She Do? Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • ( "Freedom and whiskey gang the gither.") we have, in his own unmistakable color and warmth, those interiors of rake-helly life and tavern fun -- the cantabile of jolly beggars in highest jinks -- lights and groupings of rank glee and brawny amorousness, outvying the best painted pictures of the Dutch school, or any school.

    Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855

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