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the hissies amang the hay, I’ve seen them gang o’er ither, an' o’er ither, and when they grip them by the wame, ,the« ’d cry like a meuken when the dogs are worrying it.

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

Sawny. Ay but mither, there is some other way in courting nor that, or the lasses would not couple so closs to them.

Mither. Ay. but Sawny man, there is a time for every thing and that too : when ye sit where nae body sees you, ya may tak her head in your oxter, like a creesh pig; dab nebs wi her now and then, but be sure ye keep a close mouth when ye kiss her, clap her cheeks and strake her paps but for your drowning gang nae farther dean, but fouks that's married can put their hand to ony part they like.

Sawny. Aha, but mither, I dinna ken the first word o' courting, the lassie'll no ken what I'm corn'd about.

Mither. Ay will she, lad, wink and keck