14
Out then spock her bastard brother;
‘She’ll hae nae mair grace than God has gien her,
And she shall be heir o Northumberland.’
15
Out and spoke her father sae mild,
‘She’s no the first maid a false Scot has beguild,
And she shall be,’ etc.
10. The Twa Sisters.
P. 125, 493 b, II, 498 b, III, 499 a, IV, 447 b. ‘Les roseaux qui chantent, Revue des Traditions Populaires, VII, 223 (blue flower); ‘L’os qui chante,’ discussion of the tale by M. Charles Ploix, Rev. des Trad. Pop., VIII, 129 ff.