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For monie ane has gotten a fright,
And liv'd and di'd deleeret,
On sic a night.
And liv'd and di'd deleeret,
On sic a night.
Ae Har'st afore the Sherra-muir,
I mind it as weel's yestreen,
I was a gilpy then, I'm sure
I was nae past fifteen:
The Simmer had been cauld and wat,
And staff was unco green,
And aye a rantin kirn was gat,
And just on Hallowe'en
It fell that night.
I mind it as weel's yestreen,
I was a gilpy then, I'm sure
I was nae past fifteen:
The Simmer had been cauld and wat,
And staff was unco green,
And aye a rantin kirn was gat,
And just on Hallowe'en
It fell that night.
Our stibble rig was Rob M'Graen,
A clever sturdy fallow:
His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean,
That liv'd in Aclimacalla:
He gat hemp-seed[1], I mind it weel,
And he made unco light o't,
But monie a day was by-himsel,
He was sae sairly frighted
That vera night.
A clever sturdy fallow:
His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean,
That liv'd in Aclimacalla:
He gat hemp-seed[1], I mind it weel,
And he made unco light o't,
But monie a day was by-himsel,
He was sae sairly frighted
That vera night.
- ↑ Steal out unperceived, and sow a handful of hemp-seed. harrowing it with any thing you can conveniently draw after you. Repeat now and then, 'Hemp-seed I saw thee. Hemp-seed I saw thee; and him (or her) that is to be my true-love, come after me and pou thee.' Look over your left shoulder, and you will see the appearance of the person invoked in the attitude of pulling hemp Some traditions say, 'Come after me, and show thee:' that is, Show thyself; in which case it simply appears. Others omit the harrowing, and say, 'Come after me and horrow thee.'
