Search just our sites by using our customised search engine

Unique Cottages | Electric Scotland's Classified Directory

Click here to get a Printer Friendly PageSmiley

The Anecdotage of Glasgow
Andrew Henderson on the radical turn-coat


HENDERSON, who always seated himself on the cross-benches when any person appeared to claim more than his share of political knowledge or talent, was at an evening party where one of the guests, a recent convert from Radicalism, was abusing, in no measured language, the party with whom he had lately associated. Andrew, eyeing him askance, said:

"Just let him alane, lads, till he come till himsel’—he’s ill wi’ the spaining-brash,"—i.e., milk-fever, a fit of illness to which children are subject when weaning, induced by the change of food.


Return to Book Index


 


This comment system requires you to be logged in through either a Disqus account or an account you already have with Google, Twitter, Facebook or Yahoo. In the event you don't have an account with any of these companies then you can create an account with Disqus. All comments are moderated so they won't display until the moderator has approved your comment.

comments powered by Disqus

Quantcast