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come in faſhion. Willie and Ep e reli'd then aye what it meant, & id a' the letters in it were litted by ay Lord, for they ſaw him bae a feather that he dipped in black water, od made crooked ſcores, juſt like e fame; and then he ſpoke o'er a- ain, and it tell'd him what to ſay.

It happened on a day that two of eir wives near the town, found a orſe-ſhoe, and brought it home and nt for willie to ſee what it was; Willie comes and looks at it; Indeed o' Willie, its a thing and holes in't. kent, co' they, he was get a name ll't. A ko! co Willie, war did ye nd it? Aneath my Lord's ain houſe Willie. Adeed ſaid Willie, its the ld moon I ken by the holes in't for ailing it to the lift; but I winder it e fell in Fife for the laſt time it I as her, ſhe was binging on her back oon Edinburgh. A hech co Wil- e, we'll ſet her upon the higheſt ouſe in the town, and we'll hae