The tinkler-gypsies . ms and ridiculous transpositions. Naebody but asintelplom (simpleton) wouldbe feared o a rat, said a Wilson. O God, said Leezie, • they far terrify mesince the dumbies auntie was bitten by yin, anhad to hae an operation in the infirmary. Oh, said ^Villiam, a delation (relation) ofhers said she had spent owre lang in the pudlic(public) hoose that day, or she wad hae heardthe babbie greeting suner. The greetingwakened the faither onywey, an it was himthat squeezed the life oot o the rat afore (before)it let go. This gruesome story led me to speak of thehardship of ther live
The tinkler-gypsies . ms and ridiculous transpositions. Naebody but asintelplom (simpleton) wouldbe feared o a rat, said a Wilson. O God, said Leezie, • they far terrify mesince the dumbies auntie was bitten by yin, anhad to hae an operation in the infirmary. Oh, said ^Villiam, a delation (relation) ofhers said she had spent owre lang in the pudlic(public) hoose that day, or she wad hae heardthe babbie greeting suner. The greetingwakened the faither onywey, an it was himthat squeezed the life oot o the rat afore (before)it let go. This gruesome story led me to speak of thehardship of ther lives. One Tinkler said thatone of his ancestors was bDrn in the snow, andthat that ancestors twin sister was born in asmithy, where the poor mother had beenhurriedly carried for shelter. That led Williamto say, Weel, a cousin (/ mine was born on 296 The Tinkler-Gypsies. the street o Tarbolion, an my mither was fundeid near Shennanton Brig in a snaw Leezie Morrison added : An my grandfaither (Protestant Willie. A Typical Marshall. Marshall) ;iye snid that the fairies helped herawa, for whun found she was most beautiful,an the fairies had fiitly [ilniled her hair. Itwas a frozen on her breast, an she was aco\ered owre wi the spangle o hoar frost. By the Tinklers Camp Fire. 297 Uilliani then, pointing to a hardy htlle girlwho sat with her bare feet painfully close to thefire, said— That wee lassie was born on the green atThe Ferry, an yer ain brither was the was born the yin day, an her mither wasweshin her duds in the burn the next nicht,whun Henry (her gudeman) was gettin the , added AAilliam, ye ken the wummanfolks daurna cook a bite for weeks efter a weanis born. Dear me, I said, turning to a young Tinklerhusband, do you prohibit your wife too fromcooking at such times ? By God, said he, if she did, Fd break herjaw. ? I asked Leezie why her father insisted on that,but all the answer I could get from her was—? Oh, just because hes a clean aul man.
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