E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Ramsay, Allan
(b. Leadhills, Lanarkshire, October 15th, 1686; d. Edinburgh, January 7th, 1758). “Poems” (1721); “Fables and Tales” (1722); “The Monk and the Miller’s Wife” (1723); “Health,” “Tea-Table Miscellany,” and “Evergreen” (1724); “The Gentle Shepherd” (1725); “Thirty Fables” (1730); “Scots Proverbs” (1736). “Works,” with “Life” (1877).
