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poor grunkie, as they called her, and takes her before Wise Willie. Willie took an ax and cut two or three inches off her long nose. Now says Willie I trow I hae made thee something like another beast, thou had sic a lang mouth before, it wad a frighted a very deil to look at ye, but now ye're fac'd like a little horse or a cow. The poor sow ran home roaring, all blood, and wanting the pose; which caused Muiredge to warn them in before my Lord. So the wives that had their kail eaten, appeared first in the court, complaining against Muiredge Indeed, my Lord, said they Muiredge is no a good man when he is sic an ill neighbour; he keeps black hares and white hares, little wee brown backed hares, wi' white arses, and louse wagging horns; they creep in a our gush- holes and ates our kail, when we cry pussie, pussie, they rin hame to Muiredge, but I'll gar my colley haud them by the fit, and I'll haud them by the horn, and pou the hair aff them, and