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 lingles in the dish, but some, who had stronger stomachs, stripped them through their teeth, like ratton-tails, and said, Mony a ane wad be blythe o' sic a string to tie their hose wi' in a pinch; my Lord and the gentry, Mess John and the clerk, were all placed at the head of the table; opposite the bride, but would sup none of the candle-kail. Wise Willy and the bridegroom served the table, and cried, Sup and a sorrow to you, for I never liked sour kail about my house. When the flesh came, the bride got a ram's rumple to pick; she takes it up, and wags it 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! it's no mine; I never had a ting like dat, it's a fish-tail, see as it wags, it's a bit o' a 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 fy, said he, I cannot believe you. So she pulls down her glove, and shows him. O yes, said he, I see it is so. Aha, but, my Lord, I wish you saw my a—, it's a' in ae hatter! O fy, said he, bride, you should not speak so before ladies and your maidens. I wonder, said he, to Wise Willy, her father, you do not teach your daughter to speak otherwise. A be my fae, my Lord, ye may as weel kiss her a—, as gar her speak ony ither way. The next dish that was set on the table, was roasted hens; and the bride's portion being laid on her plate, she says to my Lord, will ye let me dip my fowl-arse amang your sauce! Upon my word, and that I will not, said he, if it be as you told me. Hout,