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with some of his friends. He would say, " Laddie, 

 let out the tykes ; maybe they'll gang wi' us, maybe 

 no ". A hare jumped up, and away went the tykes. 

 " Hie, cutty, hie, cutty Lord forgie me for hunting 

 on the Sabbath ! " 



On another occasion he killed a hare on his way 

 to Colinsburgh market. He hung it up on a tree. 

 Some of his friends having seen this happen took the 

 hare away and hung up a dead cat. A short time 

 after he invited some of his friends to dinner. The 

 first dish was always " cutty kail " (hare soup). 

 After it was duly discussed and approved of, he said, 

 " Aye, aye, yon was just the hare I killed going to 

 Colinsburgh market ! " 



