"Asperges" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Riz, Crey Canaps de Saumon Fum Paupiettes de Porc, Sauce Piquante Asperges en Petits Pois Tarte ...
— Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them • Cora Moore
... he was at his post betimes, carrying a lantern with him, from which he took the light for the altar candles. Bell describes him as a stalwart man with fine features and dark eyes. Clad in his green tartan plaid, he always accompanied the priest round the little chapel with the holy water for the Asperges, and with his "lint-white locks" flowing onto his neck, he used to appear in Bell's eyes "a deal mair imposin' lookin' ner the priest himsel'." His modest and respectful bearing gained him the esteem of all. "I always think of him," said Bell, "as one o' the saints of th' ...
— Up in Ardmuirland • Michael Barrett |
