gar'd, made. flinders, splinters. trig, trim.
The night, thou wot, they didna mind,
But hied them on fu' merrily,
Until they came to Choler-ford brae,
Where the water ran like mountains high.
But when they came to Choler-ford,
There they met with an auld man;
Says—"Honest man, will the water ride?
Tell us in haste, if that ye can."
"I wot weel no," quo' the good old man;