I wad care no more to caw oot yer harns nor I wad to kill a tod (fox).

To be hangt for't, I wad be but prood.

It's a fine thing to be hangt for a guid cause, but ye'll be hangt for an ill ane .-- Noo, Janet, fess a bun'le o' brackens frae the byre, an' lay aneth's heid.

We maunna be sairer upo' him, nor the needcessity laid upo' hiz.

I s' jist trail him aff o' the door, an' a bit on to the fire, for he'll be cauld whan he's quaitet doon, an' syne I'll awa' an' get word o' the shirra'.