Riddles.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Album labelled, 'Letters &c. from 1791 to 1796 from George Ellis, Esq., to his [half-] sister Elizabeth Lindsay, afterwards Mrs. Schutz', but really a commonplace-book, containing poems, riddles, etc., of Ellis and others., 1791-1796.
Poems ascribed to George Ellis occur on folios 16 verso-20, 28 verso-39 verso. A list of letters of Ellis to Miss Lindsay, found loose, has been pasted on to folio 1. The name 'E. Lindsay' appears on folio ii verso and that of 'Aug. Schutz' on folio 26 verso.
Album of verses, riddles and drawings.
Most of the entries are dated from 1825 to 1828, and some were made at Newcastle- upon-Tyne. The book belonged to the donor's grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Russell Davison, of the Wilson family of Roxburghshire.
Book of conundrums of Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Book of riddles and anagrams calligraphically written and decorated in watercolours by Isabella Gordon, Auchlunies.
Book of riddles compiled by Barbara Hay-Makdougall, daughter of Sir Henry Hay-Makdougall of Makerstoun., 1806.
Commonplace book containing poems, household and medical recipes, riddles and notes, written in several hands.
Folios 1-20 contain a collection of verses, most of which are dated 1789.
Commonplace book of Donald Mackay, 1848, containing miscelleanous texts including medical prescriptions, texts of religious instruction, songs partly with music, and Gaelic songs, partly composed by Mackay himself.
Commonplace book of George Lewis Augustus Douglas containing "jeus d'esprit", poems, anecdotes, riddles and drawings., 1799, 1808, 1819, undated.
Corrected typescript of ‘Riddles in Scots’ by William Soutar., [1937, or before.]
The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.
Diary and account-book of the Reverend Dr Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, of a trip to Buxton, Matlock, and Llangollen, 10 June-21 August 1795, with miscellaneous poems and riddles., 1795.
There is also a copy of a commentary on the diary with extracts from it, compiled by T Craig-Brown, and published in ‘The Border magazine’, June 1918, with a related letter, 1918.
Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth.
Letters and postcards of William Soutar to Mairi Campbell Ireland., 1934-1943, undated.
The subject matter is primarily contemporary poetry and literature, but William Soutar also mentions Mairi Campbell Ireland's own writing and broadcasting, and includes verses and riddles.
Manuscript and corrected typescript of ‘Riddles in Scots’ by William Soutar., [1937, or before.]
The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.
Manuscript of ‘Riddles in Scots’ by William Soutar., [1937, or before.]
The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.
Manuscripts, undated, of epigrams, riddles, aphorisms, and 'Vocable verses' by William Soutar., [1917-1942.]
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Microfilm of manuscript of Persius, Avianus, etc. from Thorney Abbey.
Microfilm of two 11th century manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, late 11th century, of Persius, Avianus, etc. from Thorney Abbey (Adv.MS.18.6.12);
Palimpsest, made up of at least five English manuscripts of the 8th to 11th centuries, overwritten in England in the late 11th century and belonging to Thorney Abbey (Adv.MS.18.7.8).
Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished., 1917-1942, undated.
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Miscellaneous papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1790-1904, undated.
‘Tales from the people of Sutherland’: stories, beliefs, riddles, etc., collected by Miss Charlotte Louisa Dempster., 1859.
The volume contains entries by various writers, including John F Campbell of Islay, by whom there is an index (folio 2) and a sketch (folio 184).
Typescripts, undated, of epigrams, a series of riddles, and 'Vocable verses' by William Soutar., [1917-1942.]
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Typescripts, undated, of epigrams, a series of riddles, and 'Vocable verses' by William Soutar., [1917-1942.]
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.