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(6) in, it was litted by my lord, for they ſaw him hae a feather that he dipped in black water and made crooked ſcores just like the ſame, and then he ſpoke to it over again and it told him what to ſay.

It happened on a day, that two of their wives found a horſe-ſhoe near the town, brought it home, and sent for Wiſe Willy to ſee what it was; Willy comes and looks at it, indeed co‘ Willy, its a thing and holes in it. Then said they, he would get a name till’t; aha, co Willy, but where did you find it? Anaith my Lord’s ain houſe, Willy, Adeed ſaid Willy it’s the auld moon, I ken by the holes in‘t for nailing it to the lift; but I wonder it fell in Fife, for the laſt time I saw her, ſhe was hinging on her back aboon abruch; a hech, co’ Willy, we'll hae her ſet up on the higheſt house in the town, and we'll hae more light o’ our ain a the days o’ the year.

THE NEW COLLEGE.

The whole town ran to ſee the moon Hout tout, c Witty Eppie we're a fools together, it is but an o’ the things that my Lord’s mare wears on her loſe.

At another time, one of the wives found a hare, with its legs 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 gentlemen’s cat, or my Lady’s lap dog, or a ſheeps young kitten, becauſe it had faſt horn’s: Na, na, cried wiſe Willy, it’s me o’ the maukins, that gentlemans dogs worries. What will you do wit? Haith co’ Maggy, I’ll ſinge