herrin

Theo reposing beneath the "risin 'sun," or yet the "herrin'-bone," was intolerable; and looking beseechingly at Maggie, she whispered, "Do see if Mike is ready."

Maggie Miller Mary Jane Holmes 1866

The Widdy Bourke's thatch was set in a blaze, "and it was a livin 'miracle that the whole of them wasn't frizzled up like a pan of fryin' herrin's."

Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

What wad come o 'the like o' me, div ye think, broucht up upo 'meal brose, an' herrin ', gien ye was to set me doon to sic a denner as my lord, yer father, wad ait ilka day, an' think naething o '?

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

"Ay, but ye see," said Blue Peter, "they're mair like a shoal o 'herrin' nor a flock o 'sheep."

The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864

So I'liberately took out my pipe and 'baccer, flint, steel, and punk, struck fire, crossed my legs, lit my pipe, and went to smokin' like ketchin 'herrin'.

Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters 1859

Seems like it ain't skurcely fair for them sportin 'men to go out jest for fun; they might leave cod an' herrin 'to them what makes a business o' catchin ''em, seems to me; but there,' tain't so easy to keep a mortgage on the sea! "and he laughed good-humoredly.

Sara, a Princess Fannie E. Newberry

Yer mammy is 'tarmined ter gib yer all de book larning dar is ter be had eben ef she has ter lib on bred an' herrin's, an 'die en de a'ms house. "

Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem A Novel 1902

Yer mammy is 'tarmined ter gib yer all de book larning dar is ter be had eben ef she has ter lib on bred an' herrin's, an 'die en de a'ms house. "

Imperium In Imperio 1899

"An 'now, sir," said Silas, "d'ye see that stretch o 'little ripples over yander, lookin' as if it was a lot o 'herrin' turnin 'over to dry their sides?

The Magic Egg and Other Stories 1884

"An 'now, sir," said Silas, "d'ye see that stretch o 'little ripples over yander, lookin' as if it was a lot o 'herrin' turnin 'over to dry their sides?

The Magic Egg and Other Stories Frank Richard Stockton 1868