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before he was a foldier. What! faid
Ihe, there’s not a drop in the pot, they
are a’ in the plate before you ; then
gie’m a fpoon and let him fup wi’ us.
The foldier gets a fpoon, and think¬
ing he could fup all he frw, the firlf fup
he took, he fpouted back again in to
the plate, and dries out, O my fore
mouth, the.hide’s yet all oiTfince I had
the clap; every one throwing down his
fpoon, the foldier got all to fup him-
felf; the wife flood curling and fcold-
ing all the time, and when he wai,done
burnt both plate and fpoon to prevent
the dap. So the foldier came off with
a full belly, leaving the wife drefTmg
the goodman’s rigging with a four
footed flool for bidding him fup.
A churlifh man and a viftuops wife,
one rime fell out, becaufe.the wife had
given fcmething to the poor, what, faid
he miftefs, I’ll let you know there' is
nothing about this houfe but what is
mine: Well, well, goodmah, then you
will let me have nothing, , take it all
and give me peace; fo away they went
to bed, and the good wife turned her
bdckiide toward the goodman, and as
before he was a foldier. What! faid
Ihe, there’s not a drop in the pot, they
are a’ in the plate before you ; then
gie’m a fpoon and let him fup wi’ us.
The foldier gets a fpoon, and think¬
ing he could fup all he frw, the firlf fup
he took, he fpouted back again in to
the plate, and dries out, O my fore
mouth, the.hide’s yet all oiTfince I had
the clap; every one throwing down his
fpoon, the foldier got all to fup him-
felf; the wife flood curling and fcold-
ing all the time, and when he wai,done
burnt both plate and fpoon to prevent
the dap. So the foldier came off with
a full belly, leaving the wife drefTmg
the goodman’s rigging with a four
footed flool for bidding him fup.
A churlifh man and a viftuops wife,
one rime fell out, becaufe.the wife had
given fcmething to the poor, what, faid
he miftefs, I’ll let you know there' is
nothing about this houfe but what is
mine: Well, well, goodmah, then you
will let me have nothing, , take it all
and give me peace; fo away they went
to bed, and the good wife turned her
bdckiide toward the goodman, and as
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Scots piper's queries, or, John Falkirk's carriches > (21) |
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| Description | To which is added, his comical and witty jokes, when in courtship with an old fiddler's widow, who wanted all the teeth. With a copy of a love letter he sent to her, who was commonly called Flinging Betty. Edinburgh : Printed by J. Morren, [1790?]. John Falkirk is a pseudonym. Attributed to Dougal Graham. |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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