[50.] 'T was a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell, it was a
twelve-month old since flax was in flower; _i.e._ when the flax was
last in bloom it was a year old.
[51.] The big ha'-Bible (pronounced _haw_), the big hall-Bible. The
name originated in the fact that large Bibles were first used in the
hall, or principal room, of the noble's castle, where all the household
assembled for worship.
[52.] Ance, once.
[53.] Bonnet, a soft cap made of seamless woolen stuff.
[54.] Lyart haffets, gray side-locks.
[55.] Those strains that once, etc., _i.e._ the _Psalms_, which were
sung in Jerusalem. _Zion_ is really the hill on which the old city of
Jerusalem was built.
[56.] Wales, selects.
[57.] Dundee, Martyrs, Elgin, well-known psalm tunes.
[58.] Beets, fans or feeds.
[59.] Nae unison hae they, no unison have they; _i.e._ they are not in
harmony with.
[60.] Abram, or Abraham. See _Genesis_.
[61.] Moses bade, etc. See _Exodus_ xvii.
[62.] The royal Bard, King David. Probably Burns refers to certain of
the Psalms which express suffering and repentance.
[63.] Job's pathetic plaint. The "plaint" begins with _Job_ iii.
[64.] The Christian volume, i.
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