31.
31.4 ‘the airt o’,’ i.e. in the direction of.
‘Now, Parcy Reed, we’ve paid our debt,
Ye canna weel dispute the tale,’
The Crosiers said, and off they rade;
They rade the airt o’ Liddesdale.
32.
It was the hour o’ gloaming gray,
When herds come in frae fauld and pen;
A herd he saw a huntsman lie,