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“Ye sall hear,” continued Cuddie. — “Aweel, I kendna muckle better what to do, sae I e’en gaed wi’ her to an auld daft carline like hersell, and we got some water-broo and bannocks; and mony a weary grace they said, and mony a psalm they sang, or they wad let me win to, for I was amaist famished wi’ vexation.
Old Mortality 2004
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-- "Aweel, I kendna muckle better what to do, sae I e'en gaed wi 'her to an auld daft carline like hersell, and we got some water-broo and bannocks; and mony a weary grace they said, and mony a psalm they sang, or they wad let me win to, for I was amaist famished wi' vexation.
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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-- "Aweel, I kendna muckle better what to do, sae I e'en gaed wi 'her to an auld daft carline like hersell, and we got some water-broo and bannocks; and mony a weary grace they said, and mony a psalm they sang, or they wad let me win to, for I was amaist famished wi' vexation.
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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