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Hype for the Future 99A: The Frontier Culture of Augusta County, Virginia
Disclaimer Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, independent cities can occasionally be classified within the associated counties; however, the cities are politically separate from the surrounding counties as per the state constitution. This post pertains to the Cities of Staunton and Waynesboro in addition to Augusta County proper. Introduction Traditionally a significantly larger county associated with the entire frontier of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the County of Augusta, named for […] -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/711070/ Gordon Lyons announces projects receiving USA-NI250 funding #BenjaminFranklin #ChesterAlanArthur #CommunitiesMinisterGordonLyons #Cullybackey #GloriousRevolution #NorthernIreland #PresidentArthurHomestead #UlsterAmericanFolkPark #UlsterScots #UnitedStates #us #USDeclarationOfIndependence #USA
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O man, but ye think much o’ truth;
Ye surely hae a hoard o’t
Laid up in store—for frae your youth,
Ye seldom spent a word o’t;
But falsity, ye mak’ a slave,
For every day ye wear it,
While truth, ye like your siller save,
Ay speakin’ lies, to spare it.—“Epigram to a Liar”, by Hugh Porter (c.1780–?), the Ulster–Scots weaver-poet known as “the Bard of Moneyslane”. Published in POETICAL ATTEMPTS (1813)
#Scots #Scotslanguage #UlsterScots #poem #poetry #humour #epigram