"Gowk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Awa' he gaes hame. Says his mither, "What hae ye made o' yoursel' the day?" Says Jock, "I fell in wi' a packman, and carried his pack a' day, and he gae me a needle for't, and ye may look for it amang the brackens." "Hout," quo' she, "ye daft gowk, you should hae stuck it into your bonnet, man." "I'll mind that ...
— Folk-Lore and Legends - Scotland • Anonymous
... the good spinster regarded her niece. She could not often enough declare her admiration of the improvements that had taken place. Mary was grown taller, and stouter, and fairer and fatter, and her back was a straight as an arrow, and her carriage would even surprise Miss M'Gowk herself. It was quite astonishing to see her, for she had always understood Scotland was the place for beauty, and that nobody ever came to anything in England. Even Sir Sampson and Lady Maclaughlan were forgot as she stood riveted in admiration, and Mary was the first to recall her recollection ...
— Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
... up the hill hard an' hungry; Donald's come down the hill wild an' angry: Donald will clear the gowk's nest cleverly; Here's to the King and ...
— Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 • George Saintsbury |
