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 7     kittle her, an fling her o'er as the chiels do    the hissies among the hay; I've seen them gang-o'er ither, an' o'er ither, and when they grip them by the waime, they'd cry like a maukin when the dogs are worrying it.

Mither. Hout awa, daft dog it thou is, that's   no the gate; thou maun gang in wi' braw good manners, and something, manfu', put on a Sunday's face, and sigh as ye were saint, sit down beside her, as ye were Mess John, keek aye till her now and the wi' a stowen look, and haud your mouth mim and grave as a May-puddock, or   whore at a christening; crack weel o' our wealth, and hide our poverty.

Sawny. Ay, but mither there is some ither way in courting nor that, or the lassies would na couple so close to them. Mither. Ay, but Sawny man there's   time for every thing, and that too; when you sit where naebody sees you, you may tak her head in your oxter like a creesh pigs da- nebs wi' her, now and then; but be sure yoo keep a close mouth when you kiss her, clap her cheeks and straik her paps, but for you drowning gang na farther down; but 'fouk that's married can put their hand to ony part they like. Sawny. Aha, but mither I didna ken