{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/sfft/sfft11.htm","path":"neu/celt/sfft/sfft11.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sfft/sfft11.htm","text":"Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, by George Douglas, [1901]\nA WIFE, was sitting at her reel ae night;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, and aye she reeled, and aye she wished for company.\nIn came a pair o' braid\u00a0braid soles, and sat down at the fireside;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' sma'\u00a0sma' legs, and sat down on the braid\u00a0braid soles;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' muckle\u00a0muckle knees, and sat down on the sma'\u00a0sma' legs;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' sma'\u00a0sma' thees, and sat down on the muckle\u00a0muckle knees;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' muckle\u00a0muckle hips, and sat down on the sma'\u00a0sma' thees;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a sma'\u00a0sma' waist, and sat down on the muckle\u00a0muckle hips;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' braid\u00a0braid shouthers, and sat down on the sma'\u00a0sma' waist;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' sma'\u00a0sma' arms, and sat down on the braid\u00a0braid shouthers;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a pair o' muckle\u00a0muckle hands, and sat down on the sma'\u00a0sma' arms;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a sma'\u00a0sma' neck, and sat down on the braid\u00a0braid shouthers;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And aye she sat, etc.\nIn came a great big head, and sat down on the sma' sma' neck.\n\"What way hae ye sic braid\u00a0braid feet?\" quo' the wife.\n \"Muckle ganging, muckle ganging\" (gruffly).\n \"What way hae ye sic sma'\u00a0sma' legs?\"\n \u00a0\u00a0\"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul\" (whiningly).\n What way hae ye sic muckle\u00a0muckle knees?\n \"Muckle praying, muckle praying\" (piously).\n \"What way hae ye sic sma'\u00a0sma' thees?\"\n \"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul\" (whiningly).\n \"What way hae ye sic big\u00a0big hips?\n \"Muckle sitting, muckle sitting\" (gruffly).\n \"What way hae ye sic a sma'\u00a0sma' waist?\"\n \"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul\" (whiningly).\n \"What way hae ye sic braid\u00a0braid shouthers?\"\n \"Wi' carrying broom, wi' carrying broom\" (gruffly)\n \"What way hae ye sic sma'\u00a0sma' arms?\n \"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul\" (whiningly).\n \"What way hae ye sic muckle\u00a0muckle hands? \"\n \"Threshing wi' an iron flail, threshing wi' an iron flail\" (gruffly.)\n \"What way hae ye sic a sma'\u00a0sma' neck?\n \"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul\" (whiningly).\n \"What way hae ye sic a muckle\u00a0muckle head?\n \"Muckle wit, muckle wit (keenly).\n \"What do you come for?\n\"FOR YOU!\" (At the top of the voice, with a wave of the arm and a stamp of the feet.) 1\n83:2 Chambers, Popular Rhymes of Scotland.\n86:1 The figure is meant for that of Death.","title":"Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales: Nursery Stories: The Strange Visitor","type":"page"}