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 18 COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. Sawny. Na, na, mither, I'm the main thing myſelf and ſhe's but a member, the men maun ay be foremost, gang what way it will, l'ie be ay the uppermoſt. Mither. But Sawny man, what way is thou gaun to do? will ye make a pay penny wedding? or twa three gude nibours, a peck o' meal baken, wil a cheeſe an' barrel o' ale, will that do. Sawny. Na, na, mither, I'll take a cheaper gate nor ony o' them; I'll gar ha'fa-crown and half a muchkin, or a rake of coals do it a', then a body has næ mair ado but piſs and then get to bed fyne. Mither. Na, na, my man Sawny, I hae mony a time heard thy honeſt father ſay that never a ane would do well that cap- ſtrided the kirk, or cuckold the mini- ſter. Sawny. A tell na, me mither, o' the miniſters, they're ay for their ain ends as well as other fouks, an' if a poor beggar body had a bit wean to chriſten the de'il a doit they'll feike him o't. Mither. Hate awa' man, there's ne body has weans but what has filler to pay the chriſtening of them; or if they