There sat a bottle in a bole, Beyont the ingle low; And aye she took the tither souk, To drouk the stourie tow.
And borrowing, on the tither hand, The deil a ane wad trust me.
I'll just tak a sup o' it, if ye please, and leavetither alane for fowk as likes them.
The birkie doesna stand in need o' cash; for he gies saxpence to this ane, and a shillin to thetither ane, for gangin errans.
For mysel', the man has smitten me upo' the tae cheek, an' may hae the tither to lat drive at whan he likes.
An' I thank ye mair for yer thoucht nor yer rizzons; the tane I was in want o', the tither I was na.
Sae ye may e'en speak as lang as ye like, baith the tane and the tither o' you, for Andrew.
Yet she had twa as fu fair sons As eer brake manis bread, And the tane of them loed her White Lilly, An the tither lood Rose the Red.
And they hae chang'd thair ain twa names, Whan they gaed frae the toun; The tane they've called Nicholas, The tither Rogee Roun.
There ha they chang'd their ain twa names, Sae far frae ony town, An the tane o them hight Sweet Willy, An the tither o them Roge the Roun.
Fair Janet was buried in Mary's kirk, Sweet Willie in Mary's quier, And out o the tane there sprang a rose, Out o the tither a brier.
The tane was buried in Marie's kirk, And the tither in Marie's quire; Out of the tane there grew a birk, And the tither a bonny brier.
The tane was buried in Mary's kirk, The tither in Mary's quire, And out o the tane there grew a birk, And out o the tither a brier.
Her mither an her sisters fair Gard work for her a sark; The tae half was o cambrick fine, The tither o needle wark.
Yet she had twa as fu fair sons As ever the sun did see, An the tane o them lood my sister dear, An the tither sayd he lood me.
The tane was wedded to Robin Hood, And the tither to Little John; And it was a' owing to their stepmother, That garrd them leave their hame.
Her father an her brothers dear Gard make to her a bier; The tae half was o guide red gold, The tither o silver clear.
And we will change our ain twa names, When we gae frae the toun; The tane we will call Nicholas, The tither Rogee Roun.
I tentit his claes a' spairged wi' blude the tither day, and baith this and some days bygane he has brought in his dinner to me, saying that he dought nae eat it.
The tane was buried in Marie's kirk, And the tither in Marie's quire: Out of the tane there grew a birk, And the tither a bonny brier.
Mr. Drury says that forty years' search has failed to find a tither who has suffered hardship because of paying the tithe.
Well, then; tithing is the easiest way, because when you are a tither you always have tithing money.
Or, maybe, when some ither auld body that's no at the tither side of the fire was courtin'.
The tane was buried in Mary's kirk, And the tither in Mary's quire: Out of the tane there grew a birk, And the tither a bonny briar.
It’s a hard law maybe, and I canna agree with oor Presbyterian elders, that ae man is foredoomed to sin and shame, the tither to wealth and honours, and that neither can escape the lot prepared for him frae the foundation of the warld!
Although the tither ootlaws wadna chairge themselves with Ned Lawless’ funeral, it is no’ to be infaired that he was buried without a prayer, or that tears werena shed o’er his lonely unhallowed grave.
The tane was wedded to Robin Hood, 65 And the tither to Little John; And it was a' owing to their step-mother That garr'd them leave their hame.
And we will change our ain twa names, When we gae frae the toun,-- The tane we will call Nicholas, The tither Rogee Roun.
There sat a bottle in a bole, Beyont the ingle low, And ay she took the tither souk, To drouk the stowrie tow.
Quoth the tither to him, 'Pay what is due from thee.
The tane was eneuch to choke, and the tither to droon ye!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tither" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
