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19 Lady, with several other ladies and gentlemen attended fer diversious sake. The piper of Kirkcaldy and the fiddler of Kinghorn were both bidden by Wise Willie the bride's father, and if any more came to play unbidden, Willie swore they should sit unsaired, for these twa sud get a' de siller dat was to be gi'en or wan. That day the dinner and dorter-meat sat in Eppie's College, and the dancing stood in twa rings before the door ; and the first day the daunting and dangling of their heels dang down the sea- dyke; some tumbled in, and some held by the stones, the fiddler fell in o'er the lags and druckit his fiddle, the strings gade out o' order, and the tripes turned saft like pudding skins : so the piper had to do for a', and the fiddler had naething to do but sup kail and pick banes wi' the rest of them. Now my Lord's cook was to order the kettle, but lang Pate o' the Pans played a sad pret, by casting twa pound o' candle among the kail, which made them so fat that some could not sup them, and the candle wicks can e aye into their cutties like sutors' lingles in the dishes ; but some wi' stronger stomachs, stripped them trough their teeth like rats' tails, and said, mony ane wad be blythe o' sic a string to tie up their hose in a pinch, My Lord and the gentry, Mess John and the clerk, were all placed at the bead of the table, opposite the bride, but would sup none of their candle kail. Willie and the bridegroom served the table, and cried, Sup on a sorrow to ye, for I never liked sour