{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/sfft/sfft07.htm","path":"neu/celt/sfft/sfft07.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sfft/sfft07.htm","text":"Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, by George Douglas, [1901]\nTHE cattie sits in the kiln-ring,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Spinning, spinning;\n And by came a little wee mousie,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rinning, rinning.\nOh, what's that you're spinning, my loesome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Loesome lady?\"\n\"I'm spinning a sark\u00a01 to my young son,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"Weel mot he brook it, my loesome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Loesome lady.\"\n \"Gif he dinna brook it weel, he may brook it ill,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"I soopit\u00a02 my house, my loesome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Loesome lady.\"\n \"'Twas a sign ye didna sit amang dirt then,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"I fand twall pennies, my winsome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Winsome lady.\"\n \"'Twas a sign ye warna sillerless,\u00a03\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"I gaed to the market, my loesome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Loesome lady.\"\n \"'Twas a sign ye didna sit at hame then,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"I coft\u00a04 a sheepie's head, my winsome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Winsome lady.\"\n \"'Twas a sign ye warna kitchenless,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"I put it in my pottie to boil, my loesome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Loesome lady.\"\n[paragraph continues] \"'Twas a sign ye didna eat it raw,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"I put it in my winnock\u00a01 to cool, my winsome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Winsome lady.\"\n \"'Twas a sign ye didna burn your chafts\u00a02 then,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n\"By came a cattie, and ate it a' up, my loesome,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Loesome lady.\"\n \"And sae will I you--worrie, worrie--gnash, gnash,\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Said she, said she.\n75:1 Chambers, Popular Rhymes of Scotland.\n76:1 Shirt.\n76:2 swept.\n76:3 Without money.\n76:4 Bought.\n77:1 Window.\n77:2 Chaps, mouth.","title":"Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales: Nursery Stories: The Cattie Sits in the Kiln-Ring Spinning","type":"page"}