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(17) whalps a young horſe; Goſh woman it wad be ill ſar'd to ſee a woman ſitting wi‘ a young ‘orfe on her knee, dighting it‘s arſe, and gien it the pap.

The next occaſion was lang Sandy and Roloching Jenny's wedding, which held three days and twa nights, my lord and my lady with ſeveral gentlemen and ladies attended for diverſion's ſake, the piper of Kirkcaldy and the fiddler of Kinghorn, were both bidden by Wiſe Willy the brides father, and if ony ane came to play unbidden, Wife Willy ſwore they ſhould ſit unſair'd, for theſe two should get a' the siller that was to be gi'en that day; the dinner and dorder-meat ſat a' in Eppie's college, and the dancing ſtood in twa

rings before the door, and the firſt day with dunting and dangling of their heels, dang down a' the ſea dyke, ſome tumbled in, and ſome held by the ſtones, the fiddler fell over the lugs and druket a' his fiddle, the rings pied out of order, and the tripes turn'd ſoft like pudding ſkins, ſo the bag pipe has to co for a, and the fiddler get nought to do but ſup kail, and pi e banes wi‘ the reſt of them.

Now my Lords cook was to order the kettle, but