Without the leave o’ me?’

‘A sword?’ quo’ she.

‘Ay, a sword,’ quo’ he.

11.

11.3 ‘porridge-spurtle,’ stick for stirring porridge.

‘Shame fa’ your cuckold face,

Ill mat ye see!

It’s but a porridge-spurtle,

My minnie sent to me.’

‘A spurtle?’ quo’ he.