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cogs and caps, for there came In a wheen sutor- like sallows' wi' black thumbs and creeshy-aprons, that cutted them up in a wee time, but they ne'er sash’d wi us, nor we wi them : we first got a gel and then a hot pint. A vow, said I Matty, is Kate gang to get married yet ?

MATTY  A man laddie! wha wad hae her? a muckle lazy useless jade she can do naething but work at husband wark, card and spin wath ladies' rooms;, and scour a gentleman's bonny things: she canna mak a creel on her back, and apply to merchandiz- ing as I do to win a man's bread

SAWNY. I think ten e cf the sisters & her may **** up

MATTY A sister laddie | haith he *shers wad rather hae a pickle good bait to their. hooks, and twa three bladders to their lines, than put up wi' the like of her a stinking pride***** although bore her, ave screpin and wathin at herself prichin and prinnin, keeps her face aye like a Flanders baby and no less nor ribbonds and rings, and her shoon made o' red clouts: a deil stick pride, when our auld guidams ran barefoot, and our gutchers gade wi bare hips. Gie her a man | ill thief thap a gowk in her arse first, that may cry cuckoo whenev'r she speaks o't; she can do naething but scour ladies' pish pats, and keep clean the thirlie- whirlies that