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firn

[feern] / fɪərn /
NOUN
snow
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At kirns an' weddins we'se be there, An' O sae nicely's we will fare!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

He had kissed other girls indeed before at kirns and country dances.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

As bleak-fac’d Hallowmass returns, They get the jovial, ranting kirns, When rural life, o’ ev’ry station, Unite in common recreation; Love blinks, Wit slaps, an’ social Mirth Forgets there’s Care upo’ the earth.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

At kirns and weddings we'se be there, harvest-homes, we shall And oh! sae nicely's we will fare; We'll house about, till Daddie Care Sing Whistle Owre the Lave o't.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

As bleak-fac'd Hallowmass returns, They get the jovial, rantin kirns, When rural life, of ev'ry station, Unite in common recreation; Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth Forgets there's Care upo' the earth.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert




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