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 6 kifſ it hae body can wear, juſt take it, ony thing is good enough for the grave: well, ſaid they, we muſt be have ſome linen for a winding ſheet, a'well, co'ſhe, I ha' twa cut o' linen in the kiſt, but there is a pair of auld linen ſheets hold in the mids, may do well enough; I had need to be carefu', I'm a poor widow the day wi' three ſma' bairns. Awell, the corpſe is dreſs'd, and laid on the top of a big cheſt, while the neighbours ſat by her condoling her misfortune, and ordering how the funeral raiſins were to be provided; ſaid one, the coffin muſt be ſeen about firſt, Ay, ay, Said ſhe, he has ſome new deals in the barn he bought to make a bed o', but we'll no break them, there is the auld barn door and the chaſt-kiſt will do well enough, ony thing's good enough to gang to the grave; but O, co’ſhe, ſend for Sandy my honeſt auld ſervant; and he'll ſee every thing right done, I'll tell him where he'll get filler to do ony thing wi', he's the lad it will not ſee me wrang'd; then Sandy comes wrying his face and rubbing his eyes, O Sandy, Sandy, there is a ſad alteration here, and ba-a-a ſhe cries like a bitten calf, O firs, will ye gang a'butt the houſe till I tell Sandy what to do; butt they goes, and there ſhe fell a kiſſing of Sandy, and ſaid, Now my dear, the auld channering ghaiſt is 'awa', and we'll get our will o'ither; be as haining of every thing as you can, for thou kens its a'thy ain; but the corpſe's ſiſter and ſome other people came in, and ben they came to ſee the corpſe, lifts the cloth from off his face, and feelng him all in a pour of ſweat, ſaid, Hegh, he is a bonny corp, and a lively like colour, when he could no longer contain to carry on the joke, but up he got amongſt then, a deal of the people ran for it, and his wife cried out of my dear, do ye ken me? Ay ye baſe jade and whore, better than ever I did Jumps to the floor and gets his ſtaff, and runs after Sandy, and catches him in the ſields a little from the houſe, gives him a hearty