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17 nights, my lord and my lady, with ſeveral gentlemen and ladies attended for diverſion's ſake, the piper of Kirkaldy and the fidler of Kinghorn, were both bidden by Wiſe Willy the bride's father, and if ony mair came to play unbidden, Wiſe Willie ſwore they ſhould ſit unſaird, for theſe twa ſhould get a' de ſiller that was to be gi'en or won that day, the dinner and oder meats ſat a' in Eppie's college, and the dancing ſtood

on twa rings before the door, and the firſt day with counting and dangling of their heels, dang down the ſea dyke, ſome tumbled in, an ſome held by the ſtanes the fidler fell o'er the lugs and druket a' his fiddle, the ſtrings gade out of order and the tripes turn'd ſaft like pudding ſkins, so the bag pipe had to do for a',and the fiddler got nought to do but ſup kail, an lick banes wi' hie rest of them.

Now my lord's cook was to order the kettle, but Pate o' the Pans play'd a ſad prate, by caſting in twa punds of candle amang the kail, which made them it, for ſome could not ſup them, for the candle-wicks came ay into their cutties like ſutters ſingles in the fiſh, but ſome wi' ſtronger ftomachs ſtripped them through their teeth like ratton tails, an ſaid mony a ane wad be blyth o' ſic a ſtring to tie their hoſe wi' in