The question of the preceding fifty years was that connected with the Burghal oath, which had the effect of splitting into two antagonist sections the religious body of which the Burgher Secession formed but one of the fragments,-a body fast rising at the time into a position of importance, which the split prevented it from ever fully realizing.
"Leading Articles on Various Subjects"
Hugh Miller
If it had occurred to any of the Burghal authorities, it had only provoked the reflection that Jock would most likely be discussing a pint or two at Lucky Forgan's down by the Brigend, and that presently he would be perambulating the streets of the royal borough, his halbert over his shoulder, and intoning his song- "Twal' o'clock on the strike, And a fine fresh nicht."
"Patsy"
S. R. Crockett