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 COALMAN'S COURTSH! 11 for there come in a wheenſutor like fala lows wi' black thumbs an chreeſhy - prons, that cutted them a' up in a wee time, but they ne'er fath'd wil us nor we wi' them; we firſt got a gill and then a het pint, a vow, ſaid I, Matty, is Kate gawn to get a mau yer.. A man laddie, a who wad hæ her! la muckle lazy uſeleſs jade, ſhe can do naething but work at huſband work : card and ſpin, waſh laddie's rooms, and ſcour a gentleman's bonny things, the canna take a creel on her back and ap- ply to merchandizing as I do, to win a man's bread. Sawny. I think ſome of the fiſher's and her may make it up. Matty A fiſher laddie, haith the fiſher's wad rather be a pickle good bait to their hooks, and twa three bladders to their lines, then put up wi' the like of her, it ſtinking pridefu' jade, altho' I -bore her, ay ſerappin an: waſhing at herſelf. prickin and prining, keeps her face ay like a Flander's baby, an' no leſs nor ribbons and rings, and her ſhune. made o' red clouts, a de'il ſtick prid- wien our auld guidams ran barefo .. and our gutchers gaed wi' bare hip.