| Evidence: | 'Next year my parents took me home during the winter quarter, and put me to school with a lad named Ker, who was teaching the children of a neighbouring farmer. Here I advanced so far as to get into the class who read in the Bible'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 25 Jan 1779 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ettrick | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Hogg |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 25 Jan 1772 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
| Occupation: | shepherd's son, later poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ read at school |
| Record ID: | 23832 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Hogg | |
| Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
| Title: | Altrive Tales | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
| Vol: | Collected Works 13 | |
| Page: | 13 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Altrive Tales (Edinburgh, 2003), Collected Works 13, p. 13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23832, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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