Scotland/Scots > Scots piper's queries , or, John Falkirk's caraches

John Falkirk1 s vfittj Jokes. 13
her a fix and thirty {hilling piece : On the
next morning he mounted his horfe, without
afldng a bill cr what was to pay; but fur, faid
the landlord, you forgot to pay your reck-
cni«g: well minded fir, I want my change,
the maid was called in all haft yes, faid fhe
I got it but it was not for that, thro* - it
down and offfhe goes: her miftrefs gave her
the challenge fhe told her it was fo, but Ihe
fhould be up v ith him. T» e've months
after he coming pall with his drove, puts
up at the.Came inn as formerly: The girl
then goes to a neighbour woman, who had
a vojing child about three months old, la>s
it on the trble: faying fir the e’sthe change
of your fix ani thirty; and away fhe comes:
the child cries and the bell’s rung, the land¬
lord w as ready enough to anf ?er. Ofir, faid
the drover, call he/back, for this will ruin
my family and crack my credit: but fir, faid
the girl, you thought nothing to ruin mvcha-
rafter and cr ck my maiden-head : Peace,
peace, faid he my dear/here’s one hundred
and fifty pounds, and take a - ay the child
and trouble me no more : Well, faid fhe, I
will take it, and you li make more of buy-
ing cows.than maiden.-beads ; to av ay file
citne .with the money, and returetd ihe
bc-rrmved cbhd to its own mother.
Three merry companions having m* t on
a Saturday night a'- Snalc heufe, (a hatter a