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‘It’s I’ll not quit my plaid for my life;
It haps my seven bairns and my wife.’
The wind sall not blaw my plaid awa’:
‘And it’s I will keep me a maiden still,
Let the elfin knight do what he will’—
The wind has not blawn my plaid awa’!
FOOTNOTES:
[98] gowans = daisies.
[99] kist = chest.
[100] niest = next.
[101] sark = shirt.
[102] wat = wetted.
[103] are = plough.
[104] ae tyne = one harrow-point.