"Oxter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his guts was rackit Till Tam was bullerin' fair distrackit, An' sune wi' roar succeedin' roar He fosh in a' the fowk neist door, An' ane o' them-auld Girsie Broon- She ran an' brocht the doctor doon, Wha hurried in a' oot o' breath, For Girsie said 'twas life or death! The doctor oxter'd Tam till's bed, Fingert his wame an shook his head; "We who pursue the healing art, See youth commence and age depart, Pills we prescribe and pulses feel, Your systems know from scalp to heel! And here? Potato indigestion, Of that there's not the slightest question, While, what my ...
— The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots • David Rorie |
