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Rh best Lord I ken on the earth, for we thought a' to be made dead men and sogers, ye're wiser than a' the witches in Fife.

There was in Bucky-harbour, a method, when they got a hearty drink, that they went down to dance among the boats; one, two, or three of the oldest, went into a boat to see the rest dance; whenever they admitted a burger, there was always a dance. One day they admitted gly'd Rob Thomson from the island of May, and after he was admitted they got account from Wise Willy that gly'd Rob was a witch, which made them all stop their dancing, and Rob was cried on to make answer to weighty matter. Gly'd Rob cried, none of you shall stir a fit for two hours, I'se warrand you; so Rob spang’d and jumped over the boat several times, and put

them to great terror; some cried, O 'tis ith' the air, and then they cried they saw him ith' the air hanging; so Rob was obliged to go back to the May, and carry coals to the light-house.

It was reported that gly'd Rob was born in Bucky, and that his father was Willy Thomson's son, who was banished for a slave to the May, to carry