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(illegible text)ies to them, To the right about. To which ⟨They⟩ answer'd, O bless you, my Lord, what is ⟨that⟩ man sayin'! Says my Lord, he bids you (illegible text) your faces to Maggy's hill, your a—s (illegible text) the se(illegible text); which they did in all haste. An what ⟨will⟩ we do now? said Willie. No more, said ⟨my⟩ Lord but go all home Willie. O my dowl (illegible text)y blessing me on your bonny face, my ⟨Lord⟩, I wish you may never die, nor ever grow ⟨sick⟩, nor me body fell you, ye are the best man (illegible text) a' the warld, for we thought a to be dead ⟨men⟩ or sodgers, ye're wiser than as the witches (illegible text)n the coast of Fife, or in a' the warld.
There was a custom in Bucky harbour, ⟨when⟩ they got a hearty drink, that they went ⟨down⟩ to dance among the boats, and two or ⟨three⟩ of the oldest went into a boat to see the (illegible text)st dance. And when they admitted a burgher, ⟨there⟩ was always a dance. One day they admitted gly'd Rob, who was a warlike, and made ⟨them⟩ all to stop their dancing; for which he was ⟨carried⟩ before Wise Willie, to answer for this ⟨his⟩ crime; for which he was banished to the isle ⟨of⟩ May, at the mouth of the Frith of Forth, to ⟨carry⟩ coals to the Light House.
The Bucky lads and lasses, when they go to ather bait, tell strange stories, about ghosts witches, Willie wi' the wisp, and the Kelpy, ⟨fairies⟩, maukins, and bogles of all sorts. They ⟨think⟩ the ghosts go all night, like auld horses,
