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-336- Still he sleepit, and she nearly lost hope a'thegither. But that day when he was out at the hunting, somebody asked him what noise and moaning was yon they heard all last night in his bedchamber. He said he heardna ony noise. But they assured him there was sae; and he resolved to keep waking that night to try what he could hear. That being the third night, and the damosel being between hope and despair, she brak her plum, and it held far the richest jewelry of the three. She bargained as before; and the auld wife, as before, took in the sleeping-drink to the young knight's chamber; but he telled her he couldna drink it that night without sweetening. And when she gaed awa' for some honey to sweeten it wi', he poured out the drink, and sae made the auld wife think he had drunk it. They a' went to bed again, and the damosel began, as before, singing: "Seven lang years I served for thee, The glassy hill I clamb for thee, The bluidy shirt I wrang for thee; And wilt thou no wauken and turn to me?" He heard, and turned to her. And she telled him a' that had befa'en her, and he telled her a' that had happened to him. And he caused the auld washerwife and her dochter to be burned. And they were married, and he and she are living happy till this day, for aught I ken. Chambers, Popular Traditions of Scotland. THE RED ETIN THERE were ance twa widows that lived on a small bit o' ground, which they rented from a farmer. Ane of them had twa sons, and the other had ane; and by-and- by it was time for the wife that had twa sons to send them away to seeke their fortune. So she told her eldest son ae day to take a can and bring her water from the well, that she might bake a cake for him; and however much or however little water he might bring, the cake would be great or sma' accordingly; and that cake was to be a' that she could gie him when he went on his travels. The lad gaed away wi' the can to the well, and filled
-337- it wi' water, and then came away hame again; but the can being broken the maist part of the water had run out before he got back. So his cake was very sma'; yet sma' as it was, his mother asked if he was willing to take the half of it with her blessing, telling him that, if he chose rather to have the hale, he would only get it wi' her curse. The young man, thinking he might hae to travel a far way, and not knowing when or how he might get other provisions, said he would like to hae the hale cake, com of his mother's malison what like; so she gave him the hale cake, and her malison alang wi't. Then he took his brither aside, and gave him a knife to keep till he should come back, desiring him to look at it every morning, and as lang as it continued to be clear, then he might be sure that the owner of it was well; but if it grew dim and rusty, then for certain some ill had befallen him. So the young man set out to seek his fortune. And he gaed a' that day, and a' the next day; and on the third day, in the afternoon, he came up to where a shepherd was sitting with a flock o' sheep. And he gaed up to the shepherd and asked him wha the sheep belanged to; and the man answered: "The Red Etin of Ireland Ance lived in Bellygan, And stole King Malcolm's daughter, The King of fair Scotland. He beats her, he binds her, He lays her on a band; And every day he dings her With a bright silver wand Like Julian the Roman He's one that fears no man. It's said there's ane predestinate To be his mortal foe; But that man is yet unborn And lang may it be so." The young man then went on his journey; and he had not gone far when he espied an old man with white locks herding a flock of swine; and he gaed up to him
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Still he sleepit, and she nearly lost hope a'thegither. But that day when he was out at the hunting, somebody asked him what<br />
noise and moaning was yon they heard all last night in his bedchamber. He said he heardna ony noise. But they assured him<br />
there was sae; and he resolved to keep waking that night to try what he could hear. That being the third night, and the damosel<br />
being between hope and despair, she brak her plum, and it held far the richest jewelry of the three. She bargained as before; and<br />
the auld wife, as before, took in the sleeping-drink to the young knight's chamber; but he telled her he couldna drink it that<br />
night without sweetening. And when she gaed awa' for some honey to sweeten it wi', he poured out the drink, and sae made the<br />
auld wife think he had drunk it. They a' went to bed again, and the damosel began, as before, singing:<br />
"Seven lang years I served for thee,<br />
The glassy hill I clamb for thee,<br />
The bluidy shirt I wrang for thee;<br />
And wilt thou no wauken and turn to me?"<br />
He heard, and turned to her. And she telled him a' that had befa'en her, and he telled her a' that had happened to him. And he<br />
caused the auld washerwife and her dochter to be burned. And they were married, and he and she are living happy till this day,<br />
for aught I ken.<br />
Chambers, Popular Traditions of Scotland.<br />
THE RED ETIN<br />
THERE were ance twa widows that lived on a small bit o' ground, which they rented from a farmer. Ane of them had twa<br />
sons, and the other had ane; and by-and- by it was time for the wife that had twa sons to send them away to seeke their fortune.<br />
So she told her eldest son ae day to take a can and bring her water from the well, that she might bake a cake for him; and<br />
however much or however little water he might bring, the cake would be great or sma' accordingly; and that cake was to be a'<br />
that she could gie him when he went on his travels.<br />
The lad gaed away wi' the can to the well, and filled