Difference between revisions of "Ayrshire"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68138" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68138" /> == | ||
<p> A large and wealthy county in the W. of Scotland, bordered on the W. by the [[Firth]] of Clyde, agricultural and pastoral, with a large coal-field and thriving manufactures; its divisions, Carrick, to the S. of the Doon; Kyle, between the [[Doon]] and the Irvine, and Cunningham, on the N.; concerning which there is an old rhyme: "Kyle for a man, [[Carrick]] for a coo, Cunningham for butter and cheese, [[Galloway]] for 'oo." </p> | <p> A large and wealthy county in the W. of Scotland, bordered on the W. by the [[Firth]] of Clyde, agricultural and pastoral, with a large coal-field and thriving manufactures; its divisions, Carrick, to the S. of the Doon; Kyle, between the [[Doon]] and the Irvine, and Cunningham, on the N.; concerning which there is an old rhyme: "Kyle for a man, [[Carrick]] for a coo, Cunningham for butter and cheese, [[Galloway]] for 'oo." </p> | ||
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
A large and wealthy county in the W. of Scotland, bordered on the W. by the Firth of Clyde, agricultural and pastoral, with a large coal-field and thriving manufactures; its divisions, Carrick, to the S. of the Doon; Kyle, between the Doon and the Irvine, and Cunningham, on the N.; concerning which there is an old rhyme: "Kyle for a man, Carrick for a coo, Cunningham for butter and cheese, Galloway for 'oo."
