. The poetical works and letters of Robert Burns. t night. Amang the bonny, winding banks, Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, meandering Where Bruce§ ance ruled the martial ranks, once And shook his Carrick spear,Some merry, friendly, country folks Together did convene,To burn their nits, and pou their stocks, nuts, pull And haud their Halloween hold Fu blythe that night. * Halloween or All Hallow Eve is thought to be a night when witches, devils,and other mischief-making beings are all abroad on their baneful midnight errands ;particularly those aerial people, the fairies, are said on that nigh
. The poetical works and letters of Robert Burns. t night. Amang the bonny, winding banks, Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, meandering Where Bruce§ ance ruled the martial ranks, once And shook his Carrick spear,Some merry, friendly, country folks Together did convene,To burn their nits, and pou their stocks, nuts, pull And haud their Halloween hold Fu blythe that night. * Halloween or All Hallow Eve is thought to be a night when witches, devils,and other mischief-making beings are all abroad on their baneful midnight errands ;particularly those aerial people, the fairies, are said on that night to hold a grandanniversary.—JB. t Certain little romantic, rocky, green hills, in the neighbourhood of the ancientseat of the Earls of Cassilis.—B. ± A noted cavern near Colean House, called the Cove of Colean; which, as wellas Casilis Downans, is famed in country story for being a favourite haunt offairies.—B. mmm , I The famous family of that name, the ancestors of Robert, the great deliverer oihid country, were Earls of ^ Ik en first ana. foremost, -fk-nn-n gVi the railHieio? stocks xnauxL a ~be songiht anee; Tkej- steek then? een , gx-aip , ancL -(rale,Tor nanxekle anes ani stcau4kt axies. Halloireeu. p burns poems. The lasses feat, and cleanly neat, Mair braw than when theyre fine ;Their faces blythe, fu sweetly kythe, Hearts leal, and wafrn, and kin:The lads sae trig, wi wooer-babs Weel knotted on their garten,Some unco blate, and some wi gabs Gar lasses hearts gang startinWhiles fast at night. trim show true spruce, knots garter very bashful, tongues make, go sometimes Then, first and foremost, through the kail, cabbage Their stocks* maun a be sought ance; [choose They steek their een, and graip, and wale, close, eyes, grope, For muckle anes and straught anes. big, straight ones Poor havrel Will fell aff the drift, fool And wandered through the bow-kail. cabbage And pout, for want o better shift, pulled A runt was like a sow-tail, stem Sa
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