And when he came to that lady's chamber, He tirled upon a pin: The lady was true of her promise, Rose up and let him in.
And when he came to that ladys chamber, He tirled upon a pin -, The lady was more than true of promise, Rose up and let him in.
She tirled fretfully at the pin, the servant-maid opened, and we went within.
So, as I listened, I heard very clear outside the house the knocking of my father's feet, and the little hoast he always gave before he tirled at the pin to be let in, when he rode home late from Kirkcudbright.
And whan she cam to the king’s court, She tirled on the pin, And wha sae ready’s the king himsel’ To let the fair maid in?
Thrice pushed the hand upon the door And tirled at the pin.
The lovers and ghaists in the old ballads always "tirled at the pin," you remember; that is, touched it gently.
He is on to Annie's bower, 65 And tirledat the pin; And wha was sae ready as Annie hersel, To open and let him in.
When he cam to Strawberry Castle, He tirled at the pin; 40 Nane was sae ready as the gay lord himsell To open and let him in.
There came a ghost to Margaret's door, With many a grievous groan, And ay hetirled at the pin, But answer made she none.
And when she came to that castle, She tirledat the pin; And ready stood a little wee boy To lat this fair maid in.
When she came to young Beichan's gate, She tirled softly at the pin; So ready was the proud porter 95 To open and let this lady in.
But when they came to Earl Percy's yett, They tirled at the pin; None was so ready as Earl Percy himsell To open and let them in.
He rode till he came to Earl Percy's gate, 25 He tirled at the pin: "O wha is there?
But when they came to Earl Percy's yett, They tirled at the pin; None was so ready as Earl Percy To open and let them in.
O when he came to Strawberry Castle, He tirledat the pin; There was nane sae ready as that lord himsell To let the young body in.
O he has run to Darlinton, And tirled at the pin; And wha was sae ready as Eleanor's sell To let the bonny boy in?
An when she cam to the queen's court She tirled at the pin, An wha sae ready as the queen hersel To let Jo Janet in!
When he came unto Strawberry Castle He tirled at the pin, And so ready was Mary Florence hersell To open and let him in.
And when she came to Knotingale Castle She tirled at the pin, And so ready was Lord Robert's mother To open and let her in.
When he came to Burd Bell's door, He tirledat the pin, And up she rose, away she goes, To let Glenkinnie in.
They rode till they came to Earl Percy's yate, They tirled at the pin: 'O who is there?
He is on to Annie's bower, And tirled at the pin, And wha was sae ready as Annie hersel To open and let him in.
Then he is to Fair Annie's bouer, And tirledat the pin; And wha sae ready as Fair Annie To let Sweet Willie in.
Whan he cam to the porter's yett He tirled at the pin, And wha sae ready as the bauld porter To open and lat him in.
He rode till he came to Earl Percy's gate, He tirled at the pin; 'O who is there?
And whan she cam to the king's court, She tirled on the pin, And wha sae ready's the king himsel To let the fair maid in?
When he came to my lady's gate, 5 He tirled at the pin; And wha was sae ready as the lady hersell To open and let him in?
O he has run to Darlinton, And tirled at the pin; And wha was sae ready as Eleanor's sell 35 To let the bonny boy in.
And when he came to his love's gates, He tirled at the pin.
And when she came to that castle, She tirled at the pin ' And ready stood a little wee boy To let this fair maid in.
The lovers and ghaists in the old ballads always 'tirled at the pin,' you remember; that is, touched it gently.
The darkness o' night was noo beginnin to spread owre the earth, and Archy and the wife were just ettlin to gang to bed, when a saft rap cam to the door, and a hand tirled at the sneck.
As the door was fastened, he "tirled at the pin," as the old ballads term it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tirled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
