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poor grunkie, as they called her, an takes her before wiſe Willie. Willi took an us and cut two or three inches of her long noſe Now ſays Willie I trow I hae made thee ſome him like another bear, thou had ſic a lan mouth before it wad frighted a ver de'il to look at ye, but now ye'r fac'd like a little horſe or cow. Th poor ſow ran home roaring all blood and wanting the noſe; this cauſed Muireage to warn them in before m Lord. So the wives that had thei kail eates appeared firſt in the Cour complaining againſt Muiredge. Indeed my Lord, ſaid they, Muiredge is no a good man, when he is ſic an i neighbour; he keeps black hares an white bares, little wee brown backe hares wi' white arſes, and looſe wagging horns; they creepin at our gu holes and does the like. when we cry puſſie, puſſie, they rin hame to Muiredge; But I'll gar my colly had the by the fit, and I'll haud them by ca horn, and pou the hair aff chem, an