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 but for your drowning gang nae farther down but fouk that's marry'd can put their h to ony part they like.

Sawny. Aha, but mither, I dinna ken first word o'courting, the lassie 'ill no l what am com'd about.

Mith. Ay will she lad, wink and k well to her, she'll hae a guess; seek a qu word o'her at the door; an' gin it be da gi'e her a wee bit kiss when ye've tell'd your errand; an' gin they gi'e you che and bread, or ony meat, ca't good, whet it be sae or no; and for my blessing be me fu' wi' your mouth, an' dinna eat o'er muck for I seen you sip as mony milk brose as w r sar't twa men to carry on a barrow.

Sawny. A but mither, ye're liein' no or it was na' a' at ance than: but an' th set meat before me, an' I be hungry, a sha claw the clungest an' I be nae upsides w for that same. A faith, mither, fouks m hae meat an' they sud ne'er get wives, the sume o' them no worth the cursing, anbody were na letting an oath whether or hoar ye that now, when ye pit me till an' gar me speak; ay, by my sooth, I w rather hae a bit good powny an' a punch cheese, or I were bun to bab after ony hiss buttocks I see yet.