"Cauf" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... what tidings, my trusty guide?" "Nae tidings, nae tidings, I hae to thee; But, gin ye'll gae to the fair Dodhead, Mony a cow's cauf I'll let ...
— A Collection of Ballads • Andrew Lang
... silly fellow.—A gentleman was enlarging to a Winterton lad on the virtues of Spanish juice [liquorice water]. "Ah,then, ye'll ha' been to th' mines, whe{a}re thaay gets it," the boy exclaimed; whereupon the mother broke in with—"A gre{a}t cauf! Duz he think 'at thaay dig it oot o' th' grund, sa{a}me as ...
— English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day • Walter W. Skeat
... cutlets, a florentine (an excellent old Scottish dish composed of veal), a calf's head, calf's foot jelly. The worthy judge could not help observing a surprise on the countenance of his guests, and perhaps a simper on some; so he broke out in explanation: "Ou ay, it's a cauf; when we kill a beast we just eat up ae side, and down the tither." The expressions he used to describe his own judicial preparations for the bench were very characteristic: "Ye see I first read a' the pleadings, and then, after ...
— Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character • Edward Bannerman Ramsay |
