SCOTTISH ANECDOTES
... ,(FROM TR!AITS ANZD STORIES OF THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE, BY THE REV. CHARLES ROGERS, LIiD., ?? A young farmer, of Cumnock. Ayreshire, con- sidered that the daughter of a neighbour at Auchin- leck would suit him as a wife. Having made up his mind, he made proposals to the fair one without the usual preliminaries. The young lady's reply. was, Deed, Jamie, I'll tak' ye, but ye mann gie my dues ...