she did na wait on talk
to spier that night
wee jenny to her graunie says,
“will ye go wi&039; , graunie?
i&039;ll eat the apple at the gss,
i gat frae uncle johnie:”
she fuff&039;t her pipe wi&039; sic a nt,
wrath she was sae vap&039;r,
she notic&039;t na an aizle brunt
her braw, new, worset apron
out thro&039; that night
“ye little skelpie-lir&039;s face!
i daur you try sic sport,
as seek the foul thief ony pce,
for hi to spae your fortune:
nae doubt but ye ay t a sight!
great cae ye hae to fear it;
for ony a ane has gotten a fright,
an&039; liv&039;d an&039; died deleerit,
on sic a night
“ae hairst afore the sherra-oor,
i d&039;t as weel&039;s yestreen—
i was a gilpey then, i&039; sure
i was na past fyfteen:
the sir had been cauld an&039; wat,
an&039; stuff was un green;
an&039; eye a rant kirn we gat,
an&039; jt on halloween
it fell that night
“our stibble-rig was rab &039;graen,
a clever, sturdy fallow;
his s gat eppie si wi&039; wean,
that lived achacal:
he gat hep-seed,【2】 i d it weel,
an&039;he ade un light o&039;t;
but ony a day was by hisel&039;,
he was sae sairly frighted
that vera night”
【2】steal out, unperceived, and w a handful of hep-seed, harrog it with anythg you can nveniently draw after you repeat now and then: “hep-seed, i saw thee, hep-seed, i saw thee; and hi (or her) that is to be y true love, e after and pou thee” look over your left shoulder, and you will see the appearance of the pern voked, the attitude of pullg hep traditions say, “e after and shaw thee,” that is, show thyself; which case, it siply appears others oit the harrog, and say: “e after and harrow thee”—rb]
then up gat fecht jaie fleck,
an&039; he swoor by his nscience,
that he uld saw
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