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5 he, my name's Jock Sandyman, they ca me Simple John the sack-weaver. I hae nae tocher but my loom, a pirn- wheel, a ketile pat, a brass pan, twa pigs, four cogs, and a candle-stick, a good cook, a cat, twa errocks new be- gun to lay; my sister Sara is married on Sleeky Willie the wylie weaver, and I maup hae a hagwife or my mither die, for truely she's very frail, and ony harl о' health she has is about dinner. time; what say ye till't goodman ? can ye buckle me or not? Goodman.) A dear John, ye're in an unco haste, ye wadna bae your wife hame wis ye? they're as there before ye, which of them will ye tak ? Hout, tout, says John, ony o' them will sair me, but my mither says there's twa of them has fauts. And what is their fauts ? says the goodwife, Hout, said John, it's no meikle faut, but I dinna like it, they got men or they were married. And what shall I do wi' them ? said the goodman. John.) A deed, goodman, as ye're ay dealing among dead beasts and living beasts, I wad put them awa amang i-