. The land of heather . persuadethem she wasna there, but they wouldna be per-suaded. There were a guid mony, and Jean cried, For Gods sake, dinna gae up my garret! If ye agae up, yell come doon through. But they got the lass and took her hame. Thenshe was set in a chair, and her shoes and stockingspulled aff, and they wad rub their hands up the lumin the soot and then rub them on her feet, anduse brushes, too, till her feet wad be juist was generally gaein at the feetwashing, andsoom o the men wad be very rough. Clothes wadget dirty, and soomtimes torn, and if you wore yourbest
. The land of heather . persuadethem she wasna there, but they wouldna be per-suaded. There were a guid mony, and Jean cried, For Gods sake, dinna gae up my garret! If ye agae up, yell come doon through. But they got the lass and took her hame. Thenshe was set in a chair, and her shoes and stockingspulled aff, and they wad rub their hands up the lumin the soot and then rub them on her feet, anduse brushes, too, till her feet wad be juist was generally gaein at the feetwashing, andsoom o the men wad be very rough. Clothes wadget dirty, and soomtimes torn, and if you wore yourbest claes, so much the waur for you. I ken that anceSandy Duncan came in unawares, late, and he had onhis white cuffs, and they got a baud o him wi theirsoot, and he was a sight to behold. They use soap and cloths and brushes a, in thewashin, and the flure wad be juist saiHn wi at the end theyd hae a dance. Wed hae naemusic, but wed sing to dance by — nae words, onlydiddHn (humming). When wed get gaein, wed a. The Ways of the Farm Folk 83. diddle thegither, soom o* us on ane tune and soom onanither; and aifter that the lads wad very likely carrythe bridegroom afF on their shoulders to the public andmake him stand treat a aroond. On the evening of the wedding a sharp watch iskept that the bridegroom may be seen on his way tothe home of the bride, and if the night is rainy, it isthought to be a clever pleasantry to pelt him with or dry, many friendly shoes are thrown at him,though the friendliness is not so apparent if the aimproves true. One woman told me that on an eveningwhen she was to act as bridesmaid, she accompaniedthe groom from the clachan to his intendeds home ona neighboring farm, and I walkit juist a wee buttiealong, said she, gaein east on his arm, when soomane threw a shoe, and it hit him side o the heid and cuthis face, and the blood poored doon, and I thought hewas killed. If the bride*s home was sufficiently distant, so thatthe bridal attenda
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