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At buchts ^ in the morning 

 Nae blythe lads are fcoming ^ ; 



\ no chcertiil youihs 



The laiTes are lonely, dowie and wae. 

 Nae daffin, nae gabbing 



no gay dalliance, no c:jgt;rful praal-^ 



But lighing and Tabbing, 



fobuing 



Ilk ane lifts her leglin ^, and hies her away. 



every one lilts her milk pail 



in one flieep fold, being laid in rotation on each farm fucceffivelj', that 

 each might fhare alike in the benefit of the manure they afforded. 



The accefs to thefe diftant parts of the farm from the village, was by 

 paflages through the corn fields, which ^vere left uncultivated for that 

 purpofe, and were technically called loans~OT lo.inings. Thefe loanings 

 were of unequal breadth, and were ufually bounded on each fide by an 

 irregular Idnd of fence, or rather fwr, to prevent the cows which were 

 ufually brought home at night, from liaving eafy accefs to the corn fields, 

 as they went and returned, attended by the herd, wfaofe prefence could 

 in no cafe be difpenfed with. Thtfc were tlierefore a kind of pafi.ura-;e 

 paths around the villages, which, for the mofl part, carried very good 

 grafs, in confequence of the frequent manuring they received by the 

 dropping of the dung from the cattle. They are therefore here very 

 properly chara<fterifed by the epithet ^^.'« loanings. ' 



In many places the ewes were milked, for fome time at lealt after the 

 lambs were weaned ; and this was always done early iu the morning, 

 that the fheep might be allowed to.go forth to their paftures in proper 

 time : and as the fheep folds were often at a confiderable diftance fr in 

 the village, it became ncceflary for the milk maids who performed that 

 operation to fct outfrom the village before day brcalt ; and as the milk- 

 maids of each fannly in the Tillage went out together, they naturally 

 went along the green loanings Cnging cheerfully together, or tilting, as 

 it i'; proviiicially termed, accompanied often by the young men, who 

 naturally gallanted them en thefe occafwns. Innocent minh and good 

 huniour, therefore, abounded then. 



^ Buchh, a fmall pen, ufually put tip in the corner of tlic fheep fold 

 into \shich the ewes were driven when they were to be milked. 



•^ Scorning is almoft cxclufivcly applied among the country people, to 

 denote that Iliad of merriment occailoned by teafing a young girl about 

 )icr lover. 



f Leglin, a kind of bucket, with one of the ftaves projsfling 

 above tlie rtft as a handle. 



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