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( 5 ) llord, Wiſe Willy and Witty Eppie, the wife, were the rulers of the town.

Now, Eppie had a daughter, ſhe cu'd her gle-tailed Nancy, becauſe of her neckleſs wth; her wailt was like a twitter, had nae spen for a treel; being Edinburgh-bred, brought up wi' her Loudin auntys was And to read and few, made corſe-claiths, callicoe mancoes; there was nae a ſcholar the town but herſel'; the read the Bible, the book of Kirk Sangs was newly come faſhion. Willie and Eppie tell’d them ay at it mean'd. and ſaid a' the letters in it was ed by my Lord, for they ſaw him hae a fea- r that he dipped in black water and made oked ſcores, juſt like the ſame, and than he ke o'er again, and it tell'd him what to ſay. It happened on a day, that two of their ves finding a horſe-ſhoe near the town, ought it home, and ſent for Willie, to ſee at it was. Willie comes and looks at it: deed, co' Willie, it's a thing and holes in't: e kend, co' they, he wad get a name till't! ho! co' Willie, whar did ye find it? eath my Lord's ain houſe, Willie. Adeed, Willie, it's the auld moon, I ken by the es in't, for nailing it to the lift; but I nder it ſhe fell in life, for the laſt time i aw her, ſhe was hinging or her back aboon Edinburgh. A heck, co' willie, we'll ſet her on the higheſt houſe in, the town, and we'll e moon-light o' our am a' the days o' the ar. The whole town ran to ſee the moon!