Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 by Various
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"The red-coat lads, wi' black cockades;" verse 3., describing the Scotch and their mode of fighting, says,-- "But had you seen the philibegs, And skyrin tartan trews, man, When in the teeth they dared our Whigs, And Covenant TRUE-BLUES, man; In lines extended lang and large, When bayonets opposed the targe, And thousands hasten'd to the charge, Wi' Highland wrath, they frae the sheath Drew blades o' death, till, out o' breath, They fled like frighted doos, man." The song, which is rather a long one, carries you with the army to the Forth, Dumblane, Stirling, Perth, and Dundee. Oft referring to the "Poor red-coat," and to the "Angus lads." BLOWER. _The Vavasours of Hazlewood (Vol. ii., p. 326.)._--1. It is a well-known fact that the stone for York minster was given by the Vavasour family. To commemorate this, there is, under the west window in that cathedral, a statue of the owner of Hazelwood at that period, holding a piece of stone in his hand. Hence may have arisen the tradition that the chief of the family might ride into York minster on horseback. {72} 2. In feudal times Hazlewood was a fortified castle, having its |
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