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Like the fiddler o 'Chirnside's breakfast, it's a' pennyworth's thegither.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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The youngest of three children of Alec and his second wife, Joan Chirnside, a wealthy Australian, Peter returned from Australia after the war with his mother, brother and sister and was pitched into forming a relationship with his father at an age when such things are usually well established.
My life as a Waugh 2011
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He has since engaged in medical practice in the village of Chirnside, Berwickshire.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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_Chirnside_ (Berwickshire) has Norman work in the doorway of the ruined church, and at the sides there are remains of a projection, probably a porch.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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Erskine; he is the son of the minister of Chirnside.
A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Frank Boreham 1915
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Most of the country in that district belonged to the Chirnside family, the first of whom had made good in the early days of the Colony of Victoria.
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Gordon by Chirnside, Riley and Co., of Victoria, who, like other investors, spent money lavishly to develop the country.
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Spence's mains, and the name was changed to Chirnside.
An Autobiography Catherine Helen Spence 1867
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At ten miles from Louisa's Creek we camped at another and larger watercourse than the Chirnside, which I called the Shaw*.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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We kept at a good pace till we reached the Chirnside, and gave our horses a drink, but went on twenty miles to Louisa's Creek before we rested.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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