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;