Canny Tales: About Ministers Elders (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Canny Tales: About Ministers Elders

Should anyone see his own name immortalised here, that is only an accident of accidents, for no person is purposely referred to in the book.

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Excerpt from Canny Tales: About Ministers Elders

"Speakin' aboot ministers," said Sandy Soutar, - "We werna speakin' aboot ministers," interrupted Mrs Cunningham. "Ah weel," remarked Sandy, "we generally are!"

This extract from a conversation, between Sandy Soutar of Tullytassie and his friend Mrs Cunningham of that ilk, gives, we think, ample justification for the publication of this volume of Canny Tales.

In Scotland, at all events, the "Meenister" is always and everywhere a safe subject of friendly gossip. Here will be found many a tale to his credit and none at all to his discredit.

Should anyone see his own name immortalised here, that is only an accident of accidents, for no living person is purposely referred to in the book.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.