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 THE PROCEEDINGS, &c. 3

erſel, twa auld tottering ſtumps, the tane may fair the ther fu' weel.

Maggy. Ach, man! I wad a tane thee or ony body to aen them gree'd again, my father bled my guidame's ofe, and my guidame brake my mither's thumb; the eighbours came a' rinning in, but I had the luck to haud, my father's hands till yeance my guidame plotted him wi' he broe that was to mak' our broſe.

Jockey. Dear Maggy, I ha'e ſomething to tell you an e wadna be angry at it.

Maggy. O! Johnny, there's my hand, I'ſe no be angry at it, be what it will.

[Shakes hands for fear of an outcaſt.]

Jockey. Indeed Maggy, the fouk o' your town and he fouk o' our town, ſays, we are gawn to be married! What ſay'ſt thou?

Maggy. I wiſh we ne'er do war, O Johnny! I dream'd ' you lang ſyne, an' I liket you ay after that.

Jockey. O Maggy! Maggy! doſt thou mind ſince I ame to your mother's bill, wi' my mother's cow, ye ken he wadna ſtand, and ye helped me to haud her; ay after that they ſcorned me that I wad be married on you.

Maggy. It's very true, man, It'll be an odd thing an it be; but it's no fa' back at my door, I aſſure ye.

Jockey. Nor at mine, but my mither bade me kiſs ye.

Maggy. Indeed fall ye, Johnny, thou's no want twa kiſſes, man, ane on every ſide o' the mouth, man.

Jockey. Ha! ha! Maggy, I'll hae a merry night o' killing you ſhortly.

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

Jockey. Tinna be angry, Maggy, my wife to be, but I have heard my mither ſaying in her daffing, that fouk fud y try gin their houſe will haud their pleniſhen.

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

Jockey. It's a' true, Maggy, but fouks may do it

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