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 COMICAL NOTES AND SAYINGS &c 3 came very peaceable, and ever after knew how to rule his tongue. In the time of Queen Anne’s wars againft the French, one day, after fermon in church in his prayer, he earneftly defired that God would permit the devil to take the French King, and fhake him above hell : but, O do not let him fling him in, faid he, although he be our enemy but fright him out of his little coat, until he become a better neighbour, and let poor fouks live in peace. One day as he was ftanding befide fome workmen, who were mending a piece of a rough road, which led unto his own houfe, a parcel of young gentlemen, who had been a hunting ,commg paft that way, one of them faid, Good day to you, Mr. Pettegrew, I fuppofe this is the way to heaven, you are mending it fo well ? Indeed, man, I thought if had been fo, until I faw your gracelefs-like face coming this way ; we need not mend any more at it, for ye’re going fall enough to an ill part for as rough af the road is. One of his elders told him one Sabbath morning-, that there was twa Highland gentlemen come out ot Glafgow, ae purpofe to hear him, becaufe of his comical expreffions; a-well, faid he, they had as good faid in,Glafgow. So it happened in time of the fer mon, that many of the people fell afleep, whichcaufed him to ftop and rebuke them Sit up, faid he ye fouks $about Patrick ; ye fup fo many milk brofo > that it is as impcffible to keep you from fleeping, as ; Highlandmen from Healing, and no but my own (wife. Hie mult have her nod as well as the reft o£ " your milk-meat fouks; but if the clerk was not afletp, 1 fheuid InHrument her for fleepirm in the kirk ' for it is an auld by-word, what may we not do, when the 'r -n Her s wile does it. ' ■