Lexicographical Neighbors of Brechan
Literary usage of Brechan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"18 ' Donald my man, wait me upon, And I '11 give you my brechan, And, ... 19 '
There is fifty pounds in my pocket, Besides my trews and brechan; ..."
2. The Book of Scottish Ballads: A Comprehensive Collection of the Most by Alexander Whitelaw (1875)
"He turned him rieht and round about, And row«! him la hli brechan ; And laid him
down to tak' a «leep ... and, on our band, Ye'ee gf t hie pune and brechan. ..."
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