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Sawny. Na, na, mither, am the only thing mysel, she's but a member, the men maun ay be foremost, gang what way it will, I'se be the uppermost.
Mither. But Sawny man, what way is thou gaun to do, will you make a penny wedding; or twa three gude nibours, a peck o' meal baken, with a cheese and a barrel of ale, will that do?
Sawny. Na na mither, I'll take a cheaper gate nor ony of them; I'll gar half a crown and a half a-mutchkin, or a rake of coals do it a', then a body has nae mair-a' do but piss and go to bed syne.
Mither. Na na, my maun Sawny, I've mony, mony a time heard thy honest father say, that never a ane would do weel that cap strided the kirk or cuckeled the minister.
Sawny. A tell na me, mither, of the ministers; they're ay for their ain hands as weel as ither fouks, and if a poor beggar body had a bit wean to christen, a deil a ⟨doit⟩ they'll seike him o't.
Mither. Hute awa man, there's nae body has weans but what has siller to pay the christning of them; or if they be that poor, they sud get nae weans, an they wadna be fash'd syne.
Sawny. Ha, ha, mither, the poor
