Ye maunna scaith the feckless.
Ballantine, James,1806-1877.
London : T. C. Johns, printer. Wine Office Court, Fleet Street,
[1852]
"This interesting little piece is printed by permission of the author and proprietor, who has kindly lent the wood-cut, and is now presented to the public with a glossary for the benefit of the English, in hopes of awaking more attention to that noble project The Asylum for Idiots, Park House, Highgate, and Essex Hall, Colchester. Under the patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen."
Broadside printed to raise funds for a new asylum for persons with learning disabilities to replace the Park House Asylum for Idiots located in Highgate London which had opened four years earlier in 1848. The new building was located in Redhill, Surrey and called The Royal Earlswood Hospital or The Royal Earlswood Asylum for Idiots. The poem in Scots at the head of the broadside was written by James Ballantine (1808-1877), an Edinburgh based author and artist.
The poem is accompanied by a sample glossary of Scots vocabulary.
Asylum for idiots (London, England)
Royal Earlswood (Redhill, Surrey, England)
England London.