All About Tam O'shanter
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For a considerable time by-past he has been in the service of Major Har- vey, of Castle Semple, nine months of which he has been incapable of labor. He, however, still retained the desire of being ' fu' for weeks thegither '." It is worthy of remark that there is no hesitation or doubt expressed in these three notices with regard to this individual being the real prototype of ' ' Tam o' Shanter." Another curious point is they all make mention of the "clachan of Kyle." What do these words signif...y? Clachan, as is well known, means a small village in which there is a parish church ; else- where it is called kirk-town. It is derived from Gael, clachan^ a circle of stones, as churches were erected in the same places which in times of heathenism had been consecrated for Druidical worship, Kyle, with Car rick and Cunninghame, were the three ancient divisions of Ayrshire.
' ' Kyle for a man, Carrick for a coo, Cunninghame for butter and cheese, And Galloway for woo." It would appear as if a mistake had been made with regard to the birthplace of Thomas Reid, but it looks such a curious and incomprehensible error that it is difficult to understand how it could have been allowed to pass unnoticed in the pages of Blackwood, the Scots Magazine, and the Glasgow Courier.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For a considerable time by-past he has been in the service of Major Har- vey, of Castle Semple, nine months of which he has been incapable of labor. He, however, still retained the desire of being ' fu' for weeks thegither '." It is worthy of remark that there is no hesitation or doubt expressed in these three notices with regard to this individual being the real prototype of ' ' Tam o' Shanter." Another curious point is they all make mention of the "clachan of Kyle." What do these words signif...y? Clachan, as is well known, means a small village in which there is a parish church ; else- where it is called kirk-town. It is derived from Gael, clachan^ a circle of stones, as churches were erected in the same places which in times of heathenism had been consecrated for Druidical worship, Kyle, with Car rick and Cunninghame, were the three ancient divisions of Ayrshire.
' ' Kyle for a man, Carrick for a coo, Cunninghame for butter and cheese, And Galloway for woo." It would appear as if a mistake had been made with regard to the birthplace of Thomas Reid, but it looks such a curious and incomprehensible error that it is difficult to understand how it could have been allowed to pass unnoticed in the pages of Blackwood, the Scots Magazine, and the Glasgow Courier.
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