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( 22 ) were frightet ye was gaun to kill us a', o make us ſodgers and dragoons; ye're wiſe than a' the witches in Fife.

There was a cuſtom in Bucky-harbour when they got a hearty drink, that they went down to dance anong the boats; and two or three of the oldeſt, went into a boat to feel the reſt dance: And when a burgher was admitted, there was always a dance. One day they admired gly'd Rob, who was a warlock and had made them all to ſtop their dancing and was carried off to make anſwer to thi weighty maiter. Gly'd Rob cried out, No one of you fall ſtir one ſit for two hours I'll warrant you. So Robſpang'd and jump over the boats ſeveral times and put them i great terror! Some cried. O he's i' the ain and then they all cried, they ſaw him hanging i' the air! So Rob was obliged to go bac to the May, and carry-coals to the Light Houſe. It was reported that gly'd Rob wa born in Bucky, and that his father was will Tamſon, who was baniſhed for a ſlave to thi Iſland of May, to carry coals; he would not take with him, becauſe he had but one eve After that. no more dancing was admitted but the auld uſual way of the ſcate rumple and then drink til they were almoſt blind.

Upon the rood-day, four young Buckle laſſes went away early in the morning, with their creels full of fiſh: A bit frae the town they ſaw coming down a brae, like a mo riding on a beaſt; when they came near, the