sassannach

Myself. He is quite right; and now kiss me, my darling brother, for I must go back through the bog to Templemore. Groom and cob Strength and symmetry Where's the saddle? The first ride No more fatigue Love for horses Pursuit of words Philologist and Pegasus The smith What more, agrah? Sassannach tenpence.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

"You do not speak the language very correctly," said I; "it is not Sas you should call me 'tis Sassannach," and forthwith I accompanied the word with a speech full of flowers of Irish rhetoric.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

The smith went up to it, coaxed and patted it, making use of various sounds of equine endearment; then turning to me, and holding out once more the grimy hand, he said, 'And now ye will be giving me the Sassannach tenpence, agrah?

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

‘You do not speak the language very correctly,’ said I; ‘it is not Sas you should call me—’tis Sassannach,’ and forthwith I accompanied the word with a speech full of flowers of Irish rhetoric.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

The smith went up to it, coaxed and patted it, making use of various sounds of equine endearment; then turning to me, and holding out once more the grimy hand, he said, ‘And now ye will be giving me the Sassannach tenpence, agrah?’ From the wild scenes which I have attempted to describe in the latter pages I must now transport the reader to others of a widely different character.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

'You do not speak the language very correctly, said I; 'it is not Sas you should call me 'tis Sassannach, and forthwith I accompanied the word with a speech full of flowers of Irish rhetoric.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest