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7 This hypocritical woman takes a crying, Aha! marry, she should never marry! no, no, there should never a man lie by my side, or kiss my lips after thee, my ain dear lamb Johnny. Then he acts the dead man as well as he possibly could; the neighbours were called in, and he's fairly o'erseen, as the old saying is, before good neighbours. The sorrowful widow made sad lament, wrung her hands and tore her hair.—The reverend women about, began to dress the corpse, asked her for a shirt. Ay, ay, said she, he has twa new linen sarks, and there is an auld ane in the bottom o' the kist, that naebody can wear, ony thing's good enough for the grave; well, said they, we must have some linen for a winding sheet; a-well, quo she, I hae twa cut o' linen i' the kist neuk, but there's a pair o' auld linen sheets, hol'd i' the middle, may do well enough, I hae need to be carefu', I am a poor widow the day wi' three sma' bairns.

Well, the corpse is dressed, and laid on the tap of the big chest, while neighbours sat by her condoling her misfortune, and how the funeral raisins were to be provided: said one the coffin must needs be seen about first. Ay, ay, he has some new deals in the barn, he bought them to make a bed o', but we'll no break them, there's the