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Legends of the Cars.
An' the lass whispered in 's ear :
"It be a tadpole."
"Happen," says he then, "it mout be a tadpole, missis."
The wise woman nodded 's head.
"That 's reet," says she, "an' thou'st got thy pottle o' brains a'ready."
"Wheer be they ?" says he, lookin' aboot, an' feelin' in 's pockets.
"In thy wife's head," says she. "The on'y cure fur a fool 's a good wife to look arter 'n, an' that thou'st got ; so gode'en to 'ee !" An' wi' that she nodded to 'em, an' up and into the hoose.
So they went ho'am together, an' a niver wanted to buy a pottle o' brains age'an, fur 's wife 'ad enuff fur both.
