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7                     Hout tout, said Witty Eppie, ye're but a' fools the gither; it's but ane o' the things it my Lord's mare wears upon her lufe. 2. At another time one of the wives found a hare with its legs broken, lying among her kail in the yard: She not knowing what it was, called out to her neighbour to see it. Some said it was a                     Gentleman's cat; or my Lady's lap dog, or a sheep's young kitlen, because it had saft horns: Na, na, cried Wise Willie, it's ane o' the mankins it gentlemen's                     dogs worries.-- What will we do wi't?                      Staith, co' they all, we'll sing the woo' aff, and make fish and sauce o't to my                     Tammie's paarich. Na, na, said Witty Eppie, better gie't to my Lord, an' he'll                     stap an iron stick through the guts a't,                      an' gar't rin round afore the fire till it                      be roasted. Na, na, said Wise Willie, we'll no do that indeed; for my Lord wad mak us a' dogs an'gar us rin through the country seeking mankins for him. 3. It happened in a dark winter morn- ing, that two of their wives were going to Dysart to sell their fish; and on the road side there happened to be some tinker's ass tathered.—-The poor ass see- ing the two wives coming with their creels, tought it was the tinkers com- ing to flit or relieve him, fell a crying;