‘A horse?’ quo’ she.

‘Ay, a horse,’ quo’ he.

3.

3.2 ‘mat,’ may.

3.3 ‘broad,’ brood: i.e. a sow that has a litter.

3.4 ‘minnie,’ mother.

‘Shame fa’ your cuckold face,

Ill mat ye see!

‘Tis naething but a broad sow,

My minnie sent to me.’