 our bodies, And get wharewi' to crack our joke, And clear our noddles. When Phoebus did his winnocks steek, How aften, at that ingle cheek, Did I my frosty fingers beek, And prie gude fare ; I trow there was na hame to seek, When  Traditions of Edinburgh - Page 266by Robert Chambers - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Robert Fergusson, Robert Aitken (M.A.) - 1905 - 220 pages
...at aught o'clock, Gars merchant lowns their shopies lock, There we adjourn wi' hearty foulk To birle our bodies, And get wharewi' to crack our joke, And clear our noddles. He's na'e ill bodden That gusts his gab wi' oyster sauce, And hen weel sodden. At Musselbrough, and... | |
 | William Roughead - Trials - 1906 - 332 pages
...at aught o'clock, Gars merchant louns their shopies lock, There we adjourn wi' hearty fock To birle our bodies, And get wharewi" to crack our joke, And clear our noddles. " All the shops in the town," says Chambers, " were then shut at eight o'clock, and from that hour... | |
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