Page:Coalman's courtship to a creel wife's daughter, or, A dialogue between an old woman and her son (2).pdf/5

 COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. 5 gade there, an ſhe was nae in, and the daughter kend me: ſhe was unco kind nd made me fat, fat brofe out o'ſhe Fee ſide o her kail-por. there was baith beef and paunches in it, o'd they ſmell’d. ike ony haggies, an' thin'd a' like a you'd lac d waiſtcoat, fegs I ſuppit till I was like to rive of them, and had a rife b' them the morn a' day; when I came but I had a kite like a cow wi' ca't, the per'd for you mither, and I ſaid ye was gaily; and ſhe looked to me and leugh and gripped my ſhaklebane, and ſaid I wad be a ſturdy fallow yet-1 locked to 'ber, and thought I liked her, and thinks on't ay ſinſyne, ſhe leugh, and bade me ſeek out a coal driver for her for ſhe didna like to carry a fiſh-creel. Mither. Forſooth, Sawny, I'll gie my twa lugs for a lav'rock's-egg if ſhe bin-, na in love wi thee, and that will be a bargain. Sawny. An' upon my word, mither, ſhe's a ſturdy gimmer, well worth the ſnoaking after, ſhe has a dimple on every cheek, an'an on her chin, twa legs like twa poſts and haunches like a fod- ger's lady's hoop, they hobble when ſhe thakes, and her paps play niddety nod