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                        ( 17 ) whalps a young ‘orse: Gosh woman it wad be ill far'd to see a woman sitting wi‘ a young ‘orse on her knee dighting it's arse and gi‘en it the pap. The next occasion was lang Sandy and Rolioching Jenny's wedding, which held three days and twa nights, my landlord and my lady, with several gentlemen and ladies attended for diversion's sake, the piper of Kirk- caldy and the fidler of Kinghorn were both bidden by Wise Willy the bride's father, and if ony ane came play unbidden, Wise Willy swore they should sit unsair'd, for these twa should get a‘ the filler 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 dancing and dangling of their heels, dang down, a‘ the sea dyke some tumbled in, and some held by the stanes, the fiddler fell o‘er the lugs' and druket a‘ his fiddle, the rings gied out of order, and the tripes turn'd soft like pudding skins, so the bag pipe had to do for a' and the fiddler got nought to do but sup kail, and pile banes wi‘ the rest of them. Now my Lord's cook was to order the kettle, but