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 6 THE HISTORY OF ſtores juſt like the ſame, and then he ſpoke to it s'er again, and it tell'd him what to ſay. It happened on a day, that two of their wives feund a horſe-Shoe Dear the town, brought it hame, ad ſent for Wiſe Willy to ſee what it was. Wil- ly comes and looks at it, Indeed co' Willy, its a thing and holes in't. Then ſaid they, he would get a name tilt, aha, co' Willy, but whair did you find it? aneath my Lords ain houſe, Willy. Adeed, ſaid Willy, its the auld moon, I ken by the holes in't for nailing it to the lift; but I won- der it the fell in Fife, for the laſt time I ſaw her the was hinging on her back aboon Embruch, a hech co' Willy we'll hae her ſet up on the higheſt houſe in the town, and we'll hae moon-light o' our

THE NEW COLLEGE. ain ad the days o' the year. The whole town ran to ſee the moon; hont tout, cried Witty Eppie, ye're a' fools together, it is but ane o' the things it my Lord's mare wears upo' her loſe. At another time, one of the wives found a hare with its logs broken, lying among her kail in the yard; ſhe, not knowing what it was called 'out her neighbours to ſee it, ſome ſaid it was ſome gentleman's cat, or my lady's lap-dog, or a heep's young kirlen, becauſe it had faſt horas; Na, na, cry'd Wile Willy, it's ane o' the maukens, that gentleman's dogs worrie. What will you do wi't? haith con Maggy, I'll ſinge the wool aff't, and mak