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 6 COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. when ſhe gangs. I ken by her keckling the has a conceit of me. Mither. But Sawny man, an thou ſee her mither Matty in the town, auld Be- go laddie, as ye ca' her, gi' her a dram, the lik'it it well, ſpour ye a mutchken o' molaſh in her cheek, ye'll get her mind an' ſpeed the better. Sawny. But mither, how fud I do? when I gang to court her; will I kiſs, her, an' tan kittle her, and fling her o'er as the chiels do the hiſſies amang the hay, I've ſeen them gang o'er ither, an' o'er ither; and when they grip them by the wame, they'd cry like a manken when the dogs is worrying them. Mither. Hout awa; daft dog it tou is; that's no the gate, thou maun gang in wi' bra good manners, an' ſomething manſu', put on a Sunday's face, and! ſigh as ye were a faint: fit down be ſide her, as ye were 'a meſs John ; keek ay till her now and then wi'a ſto'en look, and ha'd your mouth'as mim and grave as a May-paddock, or a whore at a chriſtening crack well o' our waalth and hide our poverty: Sawny. Ay but mither, there is ſome ether way in courting nor that, or the