"Gean" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... both black and red, common in gardens, is in Scotland, never in England, termed gean (Fr. guigne), ...
— Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character • Edward Bannerman Ramsay
... every known pattern and of every size, from the great three-inch hook for heavy spring water to the dainty little "finnock" hook scarcely larger than a trout fly. A suitable receptacle was constructed for this collection from the timber of the "Auld Gean Tree of Elchies"—the largest of its kind in all Scotland—whose trunk had a diameter of nearly four feet and whose branches had a spread of over twenty yards. The "Auld Gean Tree" fell into its dotage and was cut down to the strains of a "lament," ...
— Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places • Archibald Forbes |
