I'm thankful, John, I'm thankful for his mither that ye saved him.
I wouldna wonder but ye're richt, Leeby; for Chirsty would be in an oncommon fluster if she thocht the lad's mither was likely to hear 'at her best chair was torn.
I ken Mag weel for a thrifty, respectable woman, as her mither was afore her, and so I said to Gavin when he came to speir me.
It may be as ye say, Cosmo; but whiles I cud maist wuss I was a bairn again, an' had to luik to my mither for a' thing.
Eh, sic an accoont o' ye as I'll hae to gie to the mither o' ye whan I win to see her!
And what will ye leave to your ain mither dear, My dear son, now tell me, O?
They father, he will shoe thy foot, Thy brother will glove thy hand, Thy mither will bind thy middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band.
Miss Bridget Moghlaghigbogh that resides wid her mither and two pigs on the outskirts of Ballyduff, in the wee cabin that has the one room and the one windy.
Come in before dark, as memither used to observe to meself, when I wint out shparkin',' added Mickey.
Think ye yer gude-mither wadna do faar mair nor that for ye?
Mither an' bairn, I'm thinkin'; or sae the folk say.
But here's a decent auld wife 'at's no abune wearin' a mutch like her mither 'at gaed afore her.
My gude-mither wad aye be sayin' it was a sign the Deil was losin' its hauld o' the bairn.
It'll be yer ain fau't gin I be na the gude mither to ye, forby the gude-mither.
Ye see, mem, the lass gaed awa, naebody kenned whaur, an' fient a word spak her mither about it.
Sandy's mither she came in As sune's she heard the greetie o't, She took the mutch frae aff her head And rowed it round the feetie o't.
It's an awfu' business, an' will pit her faither an' mither a guid lot aboot.
You ken hoo a mither grieves an' worries aboot her bairns.
I heard her say ane day to my mither that she dootit you maun be deid, or you wad hae sent her word; and that you wadna hae gane wrang.
I'm ignorant an' have not the fine manners your wife should have, an' I doot neither your faither nor your mither wad consent to such a thing.
Oh, dear, I wonner what my mither will say aboot it," wailed the girl, sobbing.
Mither will break her heart," she broke in again with a hint of a sob.
And what wul ye leive to your ain mither dear, Edward, Edward, And what will ye leive to your ain mither dear?
Is there never a [bird] in a' this wood That will tell what I can say; That will go to Cockleys Well, Tell my mither to fetch me away?
Out cam his auld mither greeting fu' sair, And out cam his bonnie bride riving her hair.
XX His mithershe was walking out To see what she could see, And there she saw her one young son Set on the tower sae hie.
II ‘I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low, And a cow low down in yon fauld: Lang, lang will my young son greet Or his mither take him frae cauld!
XII ‘Yet gae ye unto your mither again, That vile rank witch of vilest kind.
VII ‘Gin it fear you sair, my mither dear, Your bidding I maun dee; But be never warse to Rose the Red Than ye ha’ been to me.
XI ‘My mither lives on foreign isles, A queen o’ high degree; And by her spells I am a doo With you to live an’ dee.
XXIX ‘Ae bit I canna eat, father, Nor ae drop can I drink, Until I see my mither dear, For lang for her I think.
VI ‘I was but seven year auld, When my mither she did dee; My father married the ae warst woman The warld did ever see.
The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea I ‘I was but seven year auld When my mither she did dee; My father married the ae warst woman The warld did ever see.
My mither learned me when I was young, When I was young, when I was young, My mither learned me when I was young, The country bumpkin brawly.
Sandy Kerr promptly answered: "Because her mither was staying there, sir;" and there actually seemed to be nothing more to say on the subject.
His mither left him this little wee key 85 A little before she deed; And bad him keep this little wee key Till he was in maist need.
He turned him richt and roun' about, As will as woman's son; Then minded him on a little wee key, That hismither left to him.
Up then raise the Fusome Fug, To mak her foul face clean; And aye she curs'd her mither She had na water in, in, She had na water in.
Gang hame, gang hame, O mither dear, And shape my winding-sheet, And at the birks of Mirryland town There you and I shall meet.
He hadna been gane a twelvemonth and a day, When my father brake his arm and the cow was stown away; My mither she fell sick--my Jamie was at sea, And Auld Robin Gray came a courting me.
When bells were rung and Mass was sung, And a' men bound for bed, Every mither had her son, But sweet Sir Hugh was dead.
When ye come in upon the floor, His mither will meet you wi' a golden chair.
Your mither was a king's daughter, Sprung frae a high degree; And she might hae wed some worthy prince, 55 Had she nae been stown by me.
As his mither was wauking out, To see what she coud see, And there she saw her little son Set on the tower sae hie.
And whan he came till the castell yett, His mither she stood and leant thereat.
Ae bit I canno' eat, father, Nor ae drop can I drink, Till I see my mither and sister dear, For lang for them I think.
And what will ye leave to your ain mither dear, My dear son, now tell me oh.
Na, na; it is a sang made aboot Skye, and our mither was a Skye woman; sae Maggie learned it to please her.
Nae word my ain fayther andmither mightna hae listened to.
You've mibby heard me speak aboot Meg Mortimer's mither that used to bide at The Drum.
Gin we cam' back, Aleck's mither had a fine supper a' ready on the table.
Weel div I mind when hermither flitted ower frae Powsoddie.
Her mither thocht there was nae lassies like hers, an' I'm shure she saired them hand an' fit.
I dinna mind them whan the war at he best; but I hae heard my mither tell what a bonny ploy was at her waddin.
Let your mither do as ither widows hae done afore her--let the parish look after her.
To see my puir auld mither in a state o' starvation, and no to be allowed to gie her a saxpence!
Frae mither to dochter, and from mither to dochter again, wi' never a break in the lang line o' the tellin'.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mither" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
