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kail about my house. When the flesh came; the bride got a ram's rumple to pick : She taks it up and wags it at my Lord, saying: Ti-hie, my Lord, what an a piece is this? O, said my Lord, that's the tail piece, it belongs to you, bride. It's no mine, I never had the like o't; it's a fish-tail, see as it wags, but it's a bit o't; some dead beast. O yes, said he, bride, you have hit it now; but how come you to eat with your gloves on? Indeed, my Lord, there's a reason for dat too; I hae scabbed hands.- O, said he, I cannot, believe you She pulled off a part of the glove, and ſhewed him. O yes, said he, I see it is so. Acha, said ſhe, but I will ye saw my a-e, my Lord, it's a' in ae hotter. O fy, Willian, said my Lod, I wonder you don't teach your daughter to ſpeak to speak with more modeſty. Be my sae, my Lord, ye may as well kiss her a-e. I find so, said my Lord, but it is for want of a teacher.

The next diſh that was set on the table, was roaſted hens; and the bride's portion being laid on her plate, ſhe says to my Lord, Will ye let me dip my fowl a-e, amang your sauce?- Upon my word said my Lord, I will not, if it be as you tell me Hute, my Lord, said the bride, it's nae my a-e, it's bat de hen's I mean.- O but, said he, it's the faſhion for every one to eat off their own trencher, you may get more sauce, I can manage my own myſelf. Indeed, my Lord, ſaid ſhe, I thought you like me better nor