stands

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"Ooh, aye, that buig o' stanes has a gran' history whatever!"

From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various

We gaed through among the stanes thegither, and she had plenty to say about ane and anither; and whiles she was sensible enough, and whiles I had my doubts about it.

From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)

Come away from the standin' stanes and the heroes' graves.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John

Whar yew-trees bend owre the dark kirk-yard, An' gowans peep frae the lang green-sward, The moss-clad stanes o' the cauld grave guard The last o' the lane auld man.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

Ane can still see amang the rougher stanes the rose-wrought mullions o' an arched window, an' the trough that ance held the haly water.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various