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6                    twitter, had nae curpen for a creel, be- ing Edinburgh bred, and brought up wi' her Loudin aunty, was learned to read, and sew, made coarse claiths, and callicoe mancoes; there was nae a scholar in the town but hersel, she read the Bible and the Book of kirk sangs was newly come in fashion. Willy and Eppie tell'd them ay what it meant, and said a' the letters in it was litted by my Lord, for they saw him hae a feather that he dipped in                    black water, and made crooked scores, just like the same; and then he spoke o'er again, and it telld him what to say, 1. It happened on a day, that two of                    their wives, near the town, found a horse- shoe, and brought it home, and sent for Willie to see what it was: Willie comes and looks at it; Indeed, co' Willie, it's                    a thing and holes in't! I kent, co' they, he wad get a name till’t. A' ho! co' Willie, whar did ye find it? Aneath my                    Lord's ain house, Willie. Adeed, said Willie, it's the auld moon, I ken by the holes in't, for nailing it to the lift; but I winder if she fell in life, for the last time it I saw her, she was hinging on                    her back about Edinburgh. A-hech co' Willie, we'll set her upon the highest house in the town, and we'll hae moon- light o' our ain a' the days o' the year. The whole town ran to see the moon!