“ Mar. A wae be to him and his actions baith, he's the father o't, fornicator dog that he is, he's ruined me an my bairn; I bore her and brought her up honestly, till she came to you; her father died, and left me wi' four o' them; there wasna ane o' them could pit on anither's claes, or tak a louse of ither.
Mith. I bid you haud your tongue, and no even your bystarts to my bairn, for he'll ne'er take wi't; he, poor silly lad, he wad ne'er look to a lass, be's to lay her down. Fy, Maggy, cry in John and ane let's ratify't wi' the auld ruddoch; aye, ye're no blate to say sae. ”

“ Up get uncle Rabby, aud auld Sandy, the souter, of Seggyhole, to put everything in order: they prapet up the bed wi' a rake, and ripsling kame; the stoops being broken, they made a solid foundation of peats, laid on the caff bed and bowsters, and Jockey and Maggy were bedet the second time.
Jockey not being used to lie wi' a woman, except heads and thraws wi' his mither, gets his twa hands about the bride's neck, and his houghs out o'er her hurdies, saying, I ne'er kist wife nor lass naked before, and for fainness I'll bite you. ”

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“ Na, na, he's a braw young man, and I'll tell you, 'tis Johnny Bell; and his mither sent him to the market just to court me ance errand.
Mith. Deed Maggy, ye'll no be ill yoked wi' him, he's a gay well gaun fellow, right spruce, maist like an ill-faured gentleman. Hey gudeman, do you hear that our Maggy is gaun to be married an the muck were ance out.
Fath. Na, na, I'll no allow that until the peats are custen and hurled.
Mag. O father! 'tis dangerous to delay the like of that, I like him, and he likes me; 'tis best to strike the iron when 'tis hot. ”

“ Mag.I wish we ne'er do waur, man, O Johnny I dream'd of you langsyne, and I like you aye after that.
Jock. O Maggy, Maggy, dost thou mind since I came to your father's bull wi' my mither's cow, ye ken she wadna stand, and ye helped me to haud her; aye after that they scorned me, that I wad be married to you.
Mag. It's very true man, it'll be an odd thing and it be ”

“ Mag. Aye, aye, and that gars your son be so good o't as he is; the thing that's bred in the flesh is ill to put out of the bane.
Mith. Daft woman, what way wad the world stand, if fouks wadna make use of ither.
Mag. Aye, aye, but an they be for the like o' that, they should marry.
Now Jockey and his mither went into the little byre and held a private meeting, nane present but auld Bruckie and the twa brutes, the bits of couties, that she might give him counsel how to behave when he appeared before Mess John, to answer for his bystard ”

“ I wat weel I'm courting in earnest, tell me what you hae, an we'll say na mair, but marry ither.
Mag. I'se tell you a' I ken of, whate'er my guidame gies ye's get it.
Jock. That's right, I want nae mair, 'tis an unco thing to marry, a naked woman, and get naething. ”