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 the goodman and his mother, he being a young man and, as I underſtood, and formerly their ſowens been too thin; ſo the goodman being a ſworn birly  of that barony, came to ſurvey the ſowens before  went on the fire, and actually ſwore they were o'er  and ſhe ſwore by her conſcience they would be  enough if ill hands and ill een baed awa frae them:  ſweet be here mither, ſaid he, do ye think that I'm  witch; witch here or witch there, ſaid the wife,  by her ſaul and that was nae banning, ſhe ſaid,  be good ſubſtantial meat a' what ſay ye chapman? goodwife, ſaid I ſowens is but ſaft meat at the but if ye make them thick enough, and put a good  of butter in them, they'll do very well for a ſupper;  trow ſae lad, ſaid ſhe, ye hae ſome ſenſe; ſo the  woman put on the pot with her ſowens, and went to  her cows, leaving me to ſteer; the goodman her ſon,  ſoon as ſhe went out, he took a great cag full of  and put it into the pot amongſt the ſowens, and  went out of the houſe, and left me alone: I conſidered what ſort of a piſh the bed ſupper I was to get if I  there, thought fit to ſet out, but takes up a pitcher  water, and fills up the pot until it was running over,  then takes up my pack and comes about a mile  that night, leaving the honeſt woman and her ſon, to  their wa-tery witcht ſowens, at their own leiſure.

I then turned towards the eaſt, through a place Slamannen, and was lodged one night near a place  Tod's Bughts, where there was a boulhorn'd  but a very civil goodman! when I went in ſhe took diſh from the dog, wherein was a few he had left, and with a collection more from other cogs, ſhe offered  to me, which I refuſed; 'm ſaid ſhe, ye're a lordly  of a chapman indeed; ſo I began to divert the goodman, by telling him a deal of fine ſtories to make  laugh, but could not get near the fire; at laſt I said,  goodwife, I'll tell you knews, ay chapman, what's ,