weel-knotted on their garten;
some unco bte, an' some wi' gabs
gar sses' hearts gang startin
whiles fast at night.
then, first an' foremost, thro' the kail,
their stocks【1】 maun a' be sought ance;
【1】the first ceremony of halloween is pulling each a “stock,” or pnt of kail. they must go out, hand in hand, with eyes shut, and pull the first they meet with: its being big or little, straight or crooked, is prophetic of the size and shape of the grand object of all their spells—the husband or wife. if any “yird,” or earth, stick to the root, that is “tocher,” or fortune; and the tast
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