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nor ony ither body. True said he, but I like you should not speak ill of my lady for she hears myself best. Deed my Lord, I think ye're the best body about the house, for your Lady's but a stinkin pridefu' jade, she thinks that we sud make de fish and de haddies a' alike, be-go my Lord she thinks we can shape them as de hen does her egg wi' her arse. O bride says he, you should not speak ill of my lady, for she hears you very well. O deed my lord I had nae mind o' dat. Drink to me, then, said he, or them you like best. Then says she here's to (illegible text)e a' de gidder heels o'er head. Very well said, says my Lord, that's good sense.
Dinner being over, my Lord desired the bride to dance Indeed my Lord, said she, I canna dance ony, but I'll gar any wame wallop fornent yours, and then we'll rin round about as fast's we can. Very well bride said he, that will just do; we shall neither kiss nor shake hands, but I'll bow to thee, and ye'll beck to me, so we'll have done. So after the dinner and dancing, my lord exhorted the bride to be a good neighbonr, and 'gree with every body around about. I wat weel my lord, said she, ye ken I ne'er cast out wi' ony one but lang Pate o' the Pans, an he had a de wyte o t; he began and was ay jeering me about Sandy, de black stanes and de crab holes where de wean was gotten; and then it turned to a hubbub an cullyshangy, and or ere you could kiss my arse,
