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17 us about the bridal, and when it was to be, For he had gotten every body's consent but the bride's about it. Mither. But Sawny, man, that's the main thing;'ye maun hae that too. Sawny. Na, na, mither, I'm the main thing myself, aye she's but a member; the men maun aye be foremost--gang what way it will, I'se aye be uppermost. Mither. But Sawny man, what way is thou gaun to do? will ye make a penny wed- ding; or twa or three gude neebours, a peck o' meal baken, wi' a cheese and a barrel o' ale; will that do? Sawny.. Na na mither, I'll take a cheap- er gate nor ony o' them; I'll gar half-a-crown and half a mutchkin, or a rake o' coals do it a', then a body has nae mair to do but piss and tumble into bed. Mither. Na na, my man Sawny, I hae mony a time heard thy honest father say, that never a ane would do well that capstrid- ed the kirk or cuckold the minister. Sawny. A tell nae me, mither, o' the minister, they're aye for their ain end as well as ither fouk, and if a poor beggar body had a bit wean to christen, the deil a beit they-ll feike him o't. Mither. Hute awa man, there's na body has weans but what has siller to pay the christen- ing o' them; or if they be that poor, they sudna get nae weans, and they wadna be fashed syne.