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''Now, though all the ceremonies of Jockey and Maggy's weddding were ended, when they were fairly bedded before a wheen rattling un-ruly witnesses, who dang down the bed aboon them; the battle still increased, and John's work turned out to be very wonderful. for he made Janet, that was his mithers servant lass the last year, grew like an elshen haft and got his ain Maggy wi bairn forty. The ham-sheughs were very great until auld uncle Rab-by came in to redd them ; and a sturdy auld fallow he was; he stood lively with a stiff rumple, and by strength of his arms rave them aye sundry flin in the taen enst and the tither wast, till they stood a' round about like as many jorfoughten cocks and no ane durst steer anither for him. Jockey's mither was caed o'er a kist and brokit a' her hips on a round heckle, up she gat, and running to fell Maggy's mither with the ladle swearing she was the mither of a' the mischief that happened. Uncle Rab-by ran in between them, he having a muckle nose, like a trumpet she recklessly came o'er his lobster neb a drive wi the laddle till the blood came, ran down his old grey beard, and hang like snuffy bubbles at it. O then he gaed wud, and looked as waefu like as he had been a tod-lowrie come frae worrying lambs, with his bloody mouth. With that he gets an auld flail, and rives awa' the supple, then''