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auld fallow he was, ſtood ſlively wi' a ſtiff rumple, an by main ſtrength o' his arms rave them ſundray, flinging the ane caſtſ and the ither weſt, till they ſtood a'round about, like as mony breathleſs cocks, an no ane durſt ſteer anither for him; Jockey's mither was driven o'er a kiſt, an brogget a' her hips on a round heckle, up ſhe gat and rinning to ſell Maggy's mither wi' the laidle, ſwearing that ſhe was the mither o' a' the miſchief that happened, uncle Rabby ran in between them, he having a great lang noſe like a trumpet, the reckleſly came o'er his lobſter neb a drive wi' the ladle, until the blood ſprang out an ran down his auld grey beard an hang like a ſnuffy bubble at it: O! then he gaed wood and an looked as waefu' like, as he had been a tod lowrie, com'd frae worrying lambs, wi' his bloody mouth. Wi' that he get's an auld flail, an rives awa the ſupple, then drives them a' to the back o' the door, but yet nane wan out; then wi' chirting an claping, down comes the clay hallen, an the hen bauk, wi' Rab Reid the fidler, who creepet up aſide the hens for the preſervation of his fiddle.
Ben comes the bride when ſhe got on her coat, clappet Rabby's ſhoulder, and bade him ſpare their lives; for their is blood enough ſhed in ae night, quo ſhe; and that my beard can witneſs, quo he. So they all came in obediance to uncle Rabby, for his ſupple made their pows faſt an fair that night. But daft Maggy Simpſon ſat by the fire, an pi ked banes at the time o' the battle; indeed, quo ſhe,
