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 bocked up a' the barley, and then gar'd the ale gae like a rainbow frae him, as brown as wortbrose.

The hurly-burly being ended, and xaething but fair words and shaking o' hands, which was a sure sign of an agreement, they began to cow their cutted lugs, an wash their sairs, a' but Jockey's mither, who cried out, A black end on you an your wedding baith, for I hae gotten a hundred holes dung in my arse wi' the round heckle teeth.

Jockey answers, A e'en hand you wi' them then, mither, ye will e'en be the better fair'd.

Up gets auld Rabby, an auld Sandy, the suter o' Seggyhole to put every thing in order; they prapet up the bed wi' a rake an a rippling-kame; the stups being broken, they made a solid foundation o' peats, laid on the caff bed and bousters, and Jockey and Maggy were bedet the second time.

Jockey not being used to ly wi' a naket woman, except heads and thraws wi' his mither, gets his twa hands about the bride's neck, and his hough out o er her hurdies, saying, I ne'er kist wife nor lass naket before, and for fainness I'll bite you, &c.

Naething mair remarkable happened till about ha'f a year and four ouks thereafter, when in comes Marion Musher, rinning bare fiut and