e._
like _such_ in German), wail, sough.
[4.] Frae, from.
[5.] Pleugh (the _gh_ has a guttural sound), plough.
[6.] Trains o' craws, trains of crows.
[7.] Moil, toil.
[8.] Mattocks, implements for digging.
[9.] The morn, to-morrow.
[10.] Hameward, homeward.
[11.] Stacher, totter.
[12.] Flichterin', fluttering.
[13.] Ingle, fireplace.
[14.] Bonilie, cheerfully, attractively.
[15.] Hearth-stane, hearth-stone.
[16.] Does a' his weary kiaugh and care beguile, Does all his weary
cark (fret) and care beguile. _A'_ has the sound of _a_ in _all_;
pronounce _kiaugh_ something like _kee-owch'_, giving the _ch_ a harsh,
guttural sound. (In later editions, _carking cares_ was substituted
for _kiaugh_ and _care_.)
[17.] Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in, Presently the older
children come dropping in. (The vowel sound in _bairns_ is like that
in _care_.)
[18.] Ca', follow.
[19.] Some tentie rin a cannie errand to a neebor town, some, heedful,
run on a quiet errand to a neighboring town.
[20.] E'e, eye.
[21.] Braw, fine.
[22.] Sair-won penny-fee, hard-earned wages.
[23.] Spiers, asks.
[24.] Uncos, wonders, news.
[25.] Sheers, scissors.
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