Mony a ane for him makes maen, But nane shall ken whaur he is gane.
The Twa Corbies As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a maen: The tane unto the t'ither did say, "Whaur shall we gang and dine the day?
O whaurhae ye been a' the day, my little wee croodlin doo?
O whaur did she catch the fishie, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?
Mony a ane for him makes maen, But nane shall ken whaur he is gane; Over his banes when they are bare, The wind shall blaw for evermair.
The King sits in Dunfermline toun, Drinking the blude-red wine; "O whaurshall I get a skeely skipper, To sail this gude ship of mine?
O whaur will I get a gude sailor Will tak' the helm in hand, Until I win to the tall top-mast, And see if I spy the land?
As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a maen; The tane into the t'ither did say, "Whaur shall we gang and dine the day?
At one moment the voice of a sturdy ostler got ascendancy over the noise:--"Whaur are ye gaun, man?
We've seen what comes to a land whaur the plain man has nae voice in the affairs o' the community, and no say as to hoo things shall be done.
Ye ken whaur the man stands who deals wi' his love and his friends and his siller as does the Scot.
It's human tae want to be sure o' whaur the next meal's coming frae.
Mrs. Lauder will bake me a scone, noo and then, no matter whaur we are.
O whaur will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship o' mine?
They're aye gaun to be better aff onywhaur else than whaurthey are.
It's a gey droll hoose whaur there's no' whiles a rippit.
King, him bein' used to wud streets in London, whaur he works.
Whit a lot o' folk want to dae's to run the skoosh cars away oot into the country whaur the clegs and the midges and the nae gas is, and coup them oot at Deid Slow on the Clyde, and leave them there wander't.
Gie me a nice wee country hoose whaur somebody hanged himsel', wi' roses on the wa', and dandelions in the front plot.
I wasna saying onything aboot brass bands; we're no' used to thae kind o' operatics at burials whaur I come frae.
If ye had been whaur ye ocht to hae been, and that was in the kirk, last Sunday, ye wad hae found me at my place," said Erchie.
I won'er gien he kens yet, or gien he gangs speirin' at ilk ane he meets gien he can tell him whaur he cam frae.
Phemy, an' we dinna ken whaur to luik for her," cried the poor father aloud.
Davit would lauch 'at the grandest thochts, whaur they only fill the true humorist wi' awe.
Of course this is whaur Mistress McQumpha lives," Leeby then said, "as weel ye ken, for ye had yer dinner here no twa hours syne.
They gie ye a glint o' their een, an' syne whaur are ye?
She was up, though, lang afore he was wauken, an' she gaed almost strecht to the place whaur he had hod it.
I wouldna wonder but what I was lossin' my place some o' thae days, an' syne whaur would ye be?
Ou," said Tammas, "a humorist doesna tellwhaur the humour comes in.
Weel, my idea is 'at a Home should be built for geniuses at the public expense, whaur they could all live thegither, an be decently looked after.
It was juist ower there whaur thae cabbages is 'at he dug the hole wi' a spade, an' buried the staff.
I'll no move till they lift me to my coffin, an' that will no be far, for it's to stand on the table whaur the tea is setten oot.
If I was to be nippit awa' this nicht I ken fine whaur I'd wauken.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whaur" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
