Literary notes about Curmurring (AI summary)
The term "curmurring" is employed in literature to evoke the sense of a low, rumbling disturbance, often in the context of the stomach or gut. Writers use it both descriptively and humorously, portraying digestive disquiet as a source of mild comic relief in rustic settings ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In some texts, it appears with a straightforward definition equating it to a slight murmur or noise, while in others it is linked to the effects of food or drink on the stomach, suggesting that even a remedy like brandy can keep such unrest at bay ([5], [6], [7]).
- [78] “A countra laird had ta’en the batts, Or some curmurring in his guts, His only son for Hornbook sets, An’ pays him well.
— from The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Allan Cunningham - ‘A country laird had ta'en the batts, botts Or some curmurring in his guts, commotion
— from Robert Burns: How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson - "Ay, ay, Jemmy," said he, "'tis easy for you to bid me get on, but how the deuce can I make Rob Roy's wife speak, with such a curmurring in my guts?"
— from Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart - “A country laird had ta'en the batts, Or some curmurring in his guts, His only son for Hornbook sets, An' pays him well:
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns - " "Brandy will cure that," said a third fellow; "a glass of brandy to three glasses of wine prevents the curmurring in the stomach.
— from Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Walter Scott - Curmurring , murmuring, a slight rumbling noise.
— from The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Allan Cunningham - “Brandy will cure that,” said a third fellow; “a glass of brandy to three glasses of wine prevents the curmurring in the stomach.”
— from Old Mortality, Complete by Walter Scott
