Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooly
Literary usage of Hooly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1875)
"0, gin my wife wad drink hooly and fairly! hooly and fairly, hooly and fairly,
... Wasting my breath to cry, hooly and fairly. THE BLACK-COCK. ..."
2. The Irish Quarterly Review (1853)
"hooly and fairly, hooly and fairly, 0, gin my wife wad drink hooly and fairly!
... the psalm very nearly: 0, gin aiy wife wad dress hooly and fairly ! ..."
3. The Songstresses of Scotland by Sarah Tytler, Jean L. Watson (1871)
"O gin my wife wad feast hooly and fairly I hooly and fairly, hooly and fairly;
O gin my wife wad feast hooly and fairly ! To fairs and to bridals, ..."
4. Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale by A. Nimmo (1882)
"hooly and fairly, hooly and fairly, Oh, gin my wife wad drink hooly and fairly !
... and am helpit but sparely; Oh, gin my wife wad feast hooly and fairly ! ..."
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