Scots Saws
by David Murison
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0901824658
- ISBN 13
- 9780901824653
- Seller
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Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh, Scotland: James Thin, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.5" X 8.75. H/B 92 pages, condition is very good. A proverb is essentially a social phenomenon, a part of the oral tradition of a community like its ballads, folk-tales, fables, nursery rhymes, local legends and so on, handed down by word of mouth from one generation to the next: the business of a proverb is to inculcate the wisdom which the community has learned from its communal living over the centuries: they form a folk philosophy of truisms which are a substitute among the unsophisticated for metaphysical argument. Proverbs can of course be contradictory, according as circumstances alter and the speaker's point of view varies. So we are told on the one hand that "Absence makes the heart grow fonder", and on the other "Out of sight, out of mind". Popular wisdom is invarably empirical, pragmatic, and opportunist, like that of the man whose advice to his son was, "Honesty's the best policy - I've tried baith".
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- Bookseller
- Hanselled Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 080685
- Title
- Scots Saws
- Author
- David Murison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0901824658
- ISBN 13
- 9780901824653
- Publisher
- James Thin
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 5.5" X 8.75
- Keywords
- songs scotland scottish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment;
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Burntisland, Fife
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Hanselled Books has been providing Quality Online Service since 2002. We were an exclusively web based business but in October 2009 we opened retail premises in Burntisland Fife, allowing us to expand the range of books on offer.We stock a range of second-hand and new books; we are particularly strong in Scottish Interest and difficult to find titles. With over 16,000 book titles in stock we are sure you will find something to suit your wants.