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the wives that had their kail eaten, appeared first in the court, complaining against Muir edge. Indeed, my Lord, Muir-edge is no a good man when hes sic an ill neighbour, he keeps black hares and white hares little wee brown backed hares wi white arses, and loose wagging horns, de muckle anes loups o er the dyke and eats a de kail and de little anes wi‘ de wagging horns creeps in at our water gush holes an' does de like, when we cry pisue they rin awa* hame to Muir-edge, but I‘ll gar my colly haud em by de fit, and I‘ll haud 'em by de horn, and pul a‘ de hair aff ‘em and tend him hame wanting de skin as he did wi' Sowen Tammys wee Sandy for codding o his pease, he took de poor laddies coat, a sae did he een. A well then said my Lord, what do you say, but call in wise Willy. In he comes, A well my Lord I shall suppose an ye were a sow and me fitting d---g, and you to bite my arse sudna I tak amends o‘ yon for that! Oh my Lord ye wadna hae sic-a bit out o your arse for twenty merks ye maun just gar Muir-edge sie ten merks to buy a plaister to heal the poor bit wean‘s arse again. Well said Willy, said my Lord, but who puts on the sow‘s nose again? “A figs my Lord, said Willy, shes honester like wanting it, and she‘ll bite nae mair arses wi't and gin ye had hane a nose as lang as the sow had ye‘d been obliged to ony body it wad cut a piece aff't. A gentleman coming past near their town asked one of their wives where their college stood said she, Give me a shilling and I'll let you see both sides o‘t, he gives her a shilling, thinking to see some curious sight now there‘s one side of your shilling and here is other and the tis mine now