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 17 miser, and not very cleanly in making meat, and sneevled through her, nose greatly when she spoke. In the morn- ing, when she went to make their pot- stage, she made a fashion of washing the pot, which to appearance seemed to him to have been amongst the first that had been made; then she set it before the fire till she went to the well, in which time Leper looking into it, sees 2 great Boles stapped with clouts; he takes up ikis goose, and holds it as high as his head, then lets it drop into the pet, which knocked out the bottom of it: presently in comes the wife with the water, and speurs it into the pat, which set the fire- eide all in a dam, for still as she poured in, it can eat; the wife being short-sight- ved, or what they call sand blind, looks auto the pet, holds up both her hands and cries, “Losh preserve me, sirs, for the grip at ween the twa holes is broken." S1y3 Leper, the pot was old enough; but do you hot ken that tailor's pottage is bcasier than other nea's. indeed a believe it, but they say ye're a worluk hat's Wednesday all the world c'er, sad to-refi' Wednesday to see indeed, in it might hae served in this fifty year, a sae wad it e'en.