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They ran, — they flang, — they forward tramped ;
At them, auld Clootie stood an' stamped,
Then by the Brae,* wi' whistling din,
An' Cragincore,t to the Hee-Linn,J
Wi' furious sj^eed, an' awfu' brattle,
Like when ye hear loud thunder rattle ;
Or raging billows in the sea ;
They scamx^er'd on wi' merry glee,
Owre dykes, owre ditches, and thro' rushes.
Thro' brambles, slae, an' hawthorn bushes,
Unto the Linn — But O ! how awfu',
Auld Clootie, — not to say unlawfu'.
Ye Cottars a' about Gleniifer,
Altho' your views o' Clootie differ,
Remember that the warlocks' den,
Is some spat in Gleniffer glen.
On ilka place that jutted out,
Auld Clootie plac'd a fiend-like brute ;
Some o' them mares, an' ithers stots.
Some o' them swine, an' bearded goats.
An' some o' them had on a saddle,
But fient a ane had on a bridle.
Now loud and louder blew the blast,
Down o-\vre the braes, out frae the wast ;
* The house of Brae farm, now [1815] almost in ruins, stands on the south
side of Stanely lime-work, and scarcely a quarter of a mile eastward, from
the foot of Gleniffer Glen.
t The height of Ceaigincore rock is about CO feet, and stands nearly a
quarter of a mile eastward, from Brae house.
X Hee-Linn is nearly a half mile eastward, from Craiginoore. — The rock of it
is very irregular, and of a stupendous height. The water falls in horrible
magnificence from the summit of the rock, into the Linn, and is heard at a
considerable distance in stormy weather.— The rock over which the water
falls, is about 63 feet high.