"Thee is idle in thy speech, Angus MacLean," it declared.

"I am not fair; nor, if I were, should thee tell me of it.

Also, friend, it is idle and tendeth toward idolatry to speak of the first day of the fifth month as May Day.

My mother sent me for a paper of White-chapel needles, and two of manikin pins.

Has thee them in thy store of goods ?" "Come you in and look for yourself," said the storekeeper.