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 was unco kind, an' made me sat, sat br out o' the lee side o' her kail pat; there was baith beef and paunchet in't; od they smell'd like ony haggies; an' a 'd lac'd waist-coat; figs I suppit  I was like to rive o' them, an' had a ri o' them the morn a'day: When I came out I had a kite like a cow wi' ca'f.  spier' for you. mither, an' I said ye was gaily and she took it to me, an' leugh ay, an' grippe my shakle bane, an' said I wad be a sturdy fallow yet. I looked ay to her, an' thought I liked her, an' thinks on't ay sin-syne She leugh, an' bad me seek out a coal driver for her, for she did na' like to carry a fish-creel.

Mither. Forsooth, Sawny, I'll gi'e m twa lugs for a ck's egg, if she binna love wi'thee, an' that will be a bargain.

Sawny. Think ye fae, mither? Hec an' up' my word. mither, she's a stur gimmer, well worth the snoaking after. She has a dimple in every cheek, an' a on her chin: two legs like twa posts,  haunches like a odger's lady's hoop, th hobble when she shakes, an' her paps pla mdity nod when she gangs, I ken by  keeking she has a conceit o' me.

Mither. But Sawny man, antou see mither Mary in the town, auld Be-go-lad as ye ca' her, gi' her a dram, she lik'st w