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( 18 ) twa fud get a de filler dat was to be gi'e dat day. The dinner and dorter-meat fa in Eppie College; the dancing ſtood in tw rings before the door. The firſt day, th dunting and dangling of their heels dan down the ſea-dyke! Sone ſtumbled in, and ſome held by the ſtanes; the fidler fell in o'e: the lugs, and dru kit a' his fidle; the ſtring gaed out o' order, and the tripes turn'd faf like padding-skins; ſo the piper had to do a' and the fidler had naething to do but ſup kai an pick banes wi' the reſt of them.

Now, my Lords cook was to order the kettle, but lang Pate o' the Pans play'd a fa prat, by caſting twa pund o candle amang the kail! which made them ſo fat, that ſome could not ſup them; and the candle wick came ay into their cutties, like fouters' lingle in the diſhes; but ſome, wi' ſtronger ſtomachs ſtripped them through their teeth, like rats tails, and ſaid, Mony ane wad be blyth o' ſic a ſtring to tie up their hoſe wi' a pinch. My Lord and the gentry, Meſs John and the clerk were ail placed at the head of the table, op poſite the bride, but would ſup none of the candle-kail; wiſe willie and the bridegroom ſerved the table, an cried, Sup, an a ſorrow to ye, for I ne'er liked four kail about my houſe when the fleſh came, the bride got a ram's rumple to pick; ſhe taks't up an wags' at my Lord, ſaying, Ti-hie, ny Lord! wha an a piece is this? O, ſaid my Lord, that's the tail-piece, it belongs to you bride. Na, na,