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19 Lady, with several other ladies and gentlemen attended for diversions sake. The piper of Kirkcaldy and the fideler of Kinghorn were both bidden by Wise Willie the bride's father, and if any more came to play unbidden, Willie swore they shoud sit unsaired, for these twa sud get a' de siller dat was to be gi'en or wan, That day the dinner and dorier-meat sat in Eppie's College, and the dancing stood in twa rings before the door ; and the first day of the daunting and dangling of their heels dang round the sea-dyke: some tumbled in, and some held by the stones, the fiddler fell in o'er the lugs and druckit his fiddle, the strings gade out of order, and the tripe turned saft like pudding skins: so the pipes had to do for a', and the tiddler 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 pons played a sad pret, by casting twa pound o'c ndle among the kail, which inade them so fat that some could not sup them, and the candle wicks came aye into their cutties like sutors' ling es in the dishes: but some wi' stronger stomachs, striped them through their teeth like rats' tails, and said, money 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 paced at the head 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