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( 4 ) mind since I came to your father's bull wi' my mother's cow, ye ken she wadna stand, and yo helped ma to haud her; aye after that they scorned me, that I wad be married on you

Mag. It’s very true, man, it'll be an odd thing an it be; but it's no fa' back at my door, I ashure you.

Jock. Nor at mine.—But my mither bade me kiss ye.

Mag. Indeed sall ye. Johnny thou's no want twa kisses, ane on every sde of the mouth, man.

Jock. Ha! ha! Maggy, I'll hae a merry night c’ kissing you shortly.

Mag. Ay, but Johnny, you maun stay till that night come; it's best to keep the feast till the feast day.

Jock. Dinna be angry, Maggy, my wife to be; but I have heard my mither say in her daffin, that fouk sud aye try gin their house will haud their plenishing.

Mag. Ay, but, Johnny, a wife is ae thing and a house is anither; a man that's a mind to, marry a woman, he'll no make her a whore.

Jock. 'Tis a' true, Maggy, but fouks may do it yence or they be married, an no hae nae ill in their minds.

Mag. Aha, Johnny, mony a ane has been beguil'd wi' yence; and do it yence you may do it