sark

• Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That, while a lassie, she had worn, In longitude though sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie Ah! —  The Book of Humorous Verse
• Even Satan glower'd, and fidged fu' fain, And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main; Till first ae caper, syne anither, Tam tint his reason a' thegither, And roars out, "Weel done, Cutty-sark!" —  The Book of Humorous Verse
• After King Olaf had converted his nation, the toasts which had been drunk to the pagan gods were kept in honor of Christian saints; for instance, those to Freya were now drunk to the Virgin Mary or to St. Gertrude The "wetting of the sark-sleeve," that custom of Scotland and Ireland, was in its earliest form a rite to Freya as the northern goddess of love. —  The Book of Hallowe'en
• The one who blindfolded touches earth will soon die; water, will never marry; the ring, will soon be wedded To dream of the future on Hallowe'en in Pennsylvania, one must go out of the front door backward, pick up dust or grass, wrap it in paper, and put it under his pillow In Maryland girls see their future husbands by a rite similar to the Scotch "wetting of the sark-sleeve." —  The Book of Hallowe'en
• Sandy took till his heels up the stair; an' a gey like picture he was, wi' his lang, white sark-tails fleein' i' the air, a lum hat on his heid, an umberell in his oxter, the bag in ae hand, an' the denner bell i' the ither, bangin' an' clangin' at ilky jump. —  My Man Sandy

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