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18 in a pinch; my lord and the gentry, Meſs John and the clerk were all placed at the head of the table, oppoſite to the bride, but would ſup none of their candle-kail. Wiſe Willie an' the bridegroom ſerved the table, and cried, ſup an a ſorrow to you, for I never liked ſour kail about my houſe; when fleſh came the bride got a ram's rumple to pick, ſhe takes it up and wags it at my lord, ſaying, ti-hie, my lord what an a piece is dat? O ſaid he, bride that's the tail piece, it belongs to you, Me my lord, its no mine, never had a ting like dat, its a fiſh tail, ſee as it wags, its a bit o' ſome dead beaſt. O yes, ſaid he bride, you hit it now; but how come you to eat with your gloves on? Indeed my lord, there is a reaſon for dat, I hae ſcabbit hands. O ſy, ſaid he, I can not believe you, ſo ſhe pulls down a piece of her glove and ſhows him. O yes, ſaid he, I ſee it ſo, Aha, but my lord, I wiſh you ſaw my arſe its a' in ae hatter; O ſy, ſaid he, bride you ſhould not ſpeak ſo before ladies and your maiden, I wonder, ſaid he to Wiſe Willie her father, you do not teach your daughter to ſpeak otherwiſe. A by my ſae, my lord ye may as ſoon kiſs her arſe as gar her ſpeak other wiſe: I find ſo, ſaid my lord, but it lies much in la of a teacher.