Page:Folly of witless women displayed, or, A comical dialogue between Maggy and Janet.pdf/6

(6) sligmagaries baith, for I gent nae good o the preing looking at them; and a the shairny ho hizies in the parish maun hae the like or lang but an I ware to preach, sic pride Sudne haei property in my parish; I wad point my finger to them in the kirk, and name the baith name and sirnrme, and say, There sits sony Meg o the mill, stumpy May o the moss, veling Kate wi her hodle makenster coat; come into the kirk bobbing their hin quarters Water Wag Tails, shaking their heads lii hunder pund horse, smacking their lips and hat their mouth like May-pudocks: and what the compare them to? painted Jezebels, the who Babylon, or Rachel the harlot, with a-their dy decoying colours, high tap, and spread tering tails, whan they come into the honst prayer, as it were a horse o dancing and a shery Gae, ye painted peesewips, to fairs waddins, and there display your proud bar o pride, whilk ye're pust up wi; its the very rit o the deil, and unbecoming the house o pride But if the gillegawkies should come into the wi their heels np and their heads down, our John is like ane o the dogs o Egypt, he wa move his tongue; and I believe he darena for pock his wife, wha's element is to bauter poor beggars frae her door, nane can send he the tinkler wives, and she is aye whinging charity, but its to hersel. She winna pity the ple on the blind's back, but ca's them filthy beg she casts her cauld paritch to the hens, kick colly dogs out at the door, because they can eggs: she is aye slytin on the lasses, hunger servant lads, eats cocks and hens hersel, and the poor minister eat salt herrin.