( 15 ) the wives that had their kail eaten appeared firft in the court, complaining againft Muir-edge indeed my Lord., Muir edge is not a good man, when he’s fic an ill neighbour, he keeps black hairs and white hares little wee brown backed hares wi‘ white arfes, and loofe wagging horns, de muckle anes loups o’er the dyke and eats a de kail, and de little anes wi‘ de waging horns creeps in at our water gufh holes an’ does de like ; when we cry pifue they rin awa' hame to Muir-edge, but i-ll gar my colly haudem by de fit, and I’ll had’em by de horn, and pu’a’ de hair aff ‘em and fend him hame wanting de skin as he did wi‘ Sowen Tammy‘s wee Sandy for codding o’ his peafe. he took de poor laddies coat, a fae did he een. A well then, faid my Lord, what do you fay, but call in wife Willy. In he comes, A well my Lord, I fhall fuppofe an ye were a fow, and me fitting c —g, and you to bite my arfe fudna I tak amends o’ you for that; Od my Lord ye wadna hae fie a bit out o’ your arfe tor twentie merks, ye maun juft gar Muir-edge gie ten merks to buy a plaifter to heal the poor bit wean‘s arfe again Well faid, Willy faid my Lord, but who puts on the fow's nofe again ? A figs my Lord faid Willy, fhe’s honefter like wanting it. and fhe ll bite nae mair arfes wi't, and gin ye had hane a nofe as lang as the fow had ye'd been obliged to ony body t'wad cut a piece aff t, A gentleman coming paft near their town, afked one of their wives ehere their college ftood, faid fhe Give me a fhilling and I'll fhew you both fides of it, he gives her a fhilling, thinking to fee fome curious fight, now there s one fide of your fhilling, and here is the other and it’s mine now.
