J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular rhymes of Scotland

MISCELLANEOUS RHYMES. 317
* Treggs is't,' quo' Geordie Carwell ;
' Swat-a-day, aye,' quo' Nelly Paton ;
* Put it i' your pouch,' quo' Micliael ;
* We can fenn,' quo' Tammas Clarkson ;
* Troutha,' quo' Betty ;
' Go to your grandfather,' quo' Davie Carwell ;
' See, nae,' quo' the smith ;
' There it is,' quo' Peggy Miller ;
* Loash-on-a-mc,' quo' Tain Stewart ;
' We'll hae a smack,' quo' Jamie Hamilton ;
' That's a truth,' quo' Betty Proutree ;
* It canna keep back the ice,' quo' WuU Tamson ;
* Ha-ha-hae,' quo' Back ;
* We'll change our breeks,' quo' Crutchie Bobin ;
* Can ye take parritch ?' quo' WuU Watson ;
' Kiushens, aye,' quo' the Laird ;
* Fineless, fineless,' quo' Aunty Matty ;
* Chap away,' quo' Watty.
THE covenanter's GRACE.
Some hae meat that canna eat.
And some wad eat that Avant it ;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
For which the Lord be thankit !
When Burns dined with the Earl of Selkirk, at St Mary's
Isle, he repeated these lines, which have been g-enerally
considered as his own. In reality, he must have only g-iven
them from memory, for a correspondent remembers their
being popular in the south-western province of Scotland
before the days of Burns. They were always called the
Covenanter's Grace.
COUNTING OF YARN.
Prior to the use of the yaim winnle Hades, women counted
the thread produced on their spinning'-wheels by winding
it between their left hand and elbow, saying, as the process
went on —
But the crib, and ben the crib,
And down the crib raw ;
Thou's ane, and thou's nane,
And thou's ane a' out.
Thou's twa, and thou's nane,
And thou's twa a' out, &c. (On to a score.)