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 Willie, but instead of going to bed where he goes to the bed where the bride and her twa ters lay sleeping, saying will ye tak it, will ye it, but they making no answer, he turns up blankets to put all soup into Willie's mouth, instead of doing so, he put a spoonful upon of their backsides ! poor Tam could get nae sleep for drouth, up he gets in search of the water cup and finding an empty pitcher, put in his hand find if there was any water in it, but finding n he went out out to break it upon a stane that might not make a noise in the house. So our goes, and the bride's sister who had gotten great spoonful laid to her backside, was out fore him rubbing the nastiness (as she took i be) off the tail of her sark; and she being louting position he took her for the knock stane, and comes o’er her hurdies with the oher till it flew in pieces about ber. Tam come in trembling to the bed again wi' the fright, p -ing to preserve him, for sic a knocking stan  never yet saw, for it ran clean awa when he lay the pig upon it.

Now Tam was furnished in a house by his mot-her in law, the bed, loom, heddles, treaces thrums, reeda, and pirn-wheel, was bought n’set up before the marriage, which was kept profound secret; so that Tam got the first rib of his ain wife, and his ain house at ae time: So on the morning after the marriage, Tam an his wife made up some articles how they were to work and keep the house; Tam was to keep the house in meat, and Girzy was to mak it, and the house in claes-their first child was to be Tam if & boy, and Girzy if a girl, after her mither had wrought very sair for it.